Same here.

+1

Used to have an “academy” where we pick people up from first year in uni and get them to learn from zero.

Haven’t had one in ~3 years, no plan to.

Also half the company was downsized.

No hiring in 3 years, cutting tons of people and tons of people leaving, we’re now at a point where in the tech i work in, our most junior person is a senior with about 10 YoE

Here we are, and it's big tech. Had quite a few interviews scheduled over the last few weeks, literally more than in the last 2 years.