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"The only junior developer jobs" seems a bit extreme. I'm in Cambridge MA (not exactly the middle of nowhere) in my first year after college at a company frequently interviewing junior people, even if we talk to more senior people. I also had lots of friends in college who got jobs as developers, most of them in the Bay Area.

To be honest, the biggest mistake I've seen entry-level engineers make is not applying for every job.

|Everyone wants senior or lead developers in 2014.

This has literally always been the case. They want a senior engineer. They'll accept you.

There seems to be a chicken-egg problem here. How do you get to be a senior developer if you can't find a job as a junior one?

Living in SF, I also feel like this issue pertains to the tech industry in general, for non-programming jobs. In my girlfriend's experience, tech startups are looking for people who have had tech experience prior, even in Sales, AM, Customer Support, and other more entry-level-leaning roles.