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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 …
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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?
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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Seniority is never a self awarded title anyway. Usually awarded by an employer or peers who I would hope have enough judgement to evaluate you relative to others.
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I bill as a senior engineer and
@sebmck is someone I would definitely hire as a senior engineer. I‘ve known people in the industry for 20 years longer than he’s been alive who I don’t think have the skills he has technically.
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I think"senior" is a poor choice of word, it sounds like you can get it just by putting up with the bullshit for a decade.
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I also have trouble with a single axis. There are many dimensions to software development in industry. Grossly oversimplifying two of the most important are 1. Your own personal programming/architecture/development skills, and;
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This is how it is at the consulting company I work at. I love this approach and the looks on faces at client sites when they here this.
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