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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

Seniors should have more experience, which equips them to comfortably dive into fires and stay cool under pressure. The value is the "seen this, been there, fixed that" factor.

You get that hard when there is no one else coming to save you. The systems need to be up, the company is losing a million dollars a minute, and everyone is turning to you to formulate the strategy to fix it.