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Noting personal, but at 21 it is impossible to be a truly “senior engineer. You just can't get the breadth and depth of experience in that time. I was also self taught starting at age 14. Spoke at a conf at 19. In retrospect, I knew nothing at age 21https://twitter.com/zachrip_/status/938496828751855616 …
As a 20 year old, I find these sorts of comments extremely discouraging, distasteful and ageist. What sort of point are you really trying to make because making broad statements about seniority and experience based on age seems daft.
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I’m talking about years of experience in the field not age. Do you think mastery comes in only 3-5 years? 10? How about 20+ What do expect to grow into?
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Your initial tweet was specifically about age. Mastery of an entire field is impossible, too broad. If you restrict it to a specific subfield then of course it's possible to master within years. People grow at different rates.
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I think there are two things to focus on: First, can you be a "senior" whatsis with very little actual industry experience? Second, can you accurately self-evaluate your own seniority with very little industry experience?
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Seniority is a weird classification in general. At Facebook the concept of seniority doesn't exist. Engineering levels are private and everyone retains the title of "Software Engineer" or "Front End Engineer" for their entire tenure.
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Exactly. Being 21 I'm still seen "newer" to the industry compared to other engineers with equal or less experience than me. It's also assumed that my hard earned resume referencing big companies are "bootcamp copies" because I'm young.
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