Ask HN: How do YOU define a junior developer? (repost)

Reposts articles from 20 hours ago (jk).

It's someone who is relatively new to professional programming -- less than four or five years experience.

In my opinion, it takes more than five years to truly know the difference between shit and shinola.

I started in 1989 and try my best to maintain a beginner's mind -- because rigid thinking leads to rust -- and I don't wanna rust.