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And 55% were >10 years dev experience

This doesn't mean they aren't Juniors though

It does. Whatever they are, they aren't junior developers any more. As a hiring manager, I wouldn't hire a dev with >10 years experience into a junior role - if they're still at junior level, it's not that they're a junior, it's that they're unable to progress, which is a whole different issue.

I think the person you're responding to has likely read this quote or one like it, and perhaps you haven't? I assume that they're referencing it in an offhand way.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4627373

Some people have 10 years of experience. Others have 1 year of experience 10 times.
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