I believe this largely has to do with the push for remote and that juniors do in fact need guidance in the beginning of the carreer.
My brother in law just started software dev through a bootcamp and he got hired, but only with an onsite requirement.
Having lead people myself, this makes perfect sense.
This however does not seem to be the case with smaller companies that actually do have offices, in my experience.
We hire Junior devs and its hard working remote with them. They can get stuck for days without knowing if its something they should work out for themselves or something they should ask about.
I'm happy to travel and work together but senior manglement like the look of their travel budget post covid.
This however does not seem to be the case with smaller companies that actually do have offices, in my experience.