Stop over-analyzing this, and quit feeling "dishonest" calling yourself senior. Just do it. Start referring to yourself and seeing yourself as a senior softwar

Stop over-analyzing this, and quit feeling "dishonest" calling yourself senior. Just do it. Start referring to yourself and seeing yourself as a senior software engineer and the paycheck is likely to follow-- regardless of your technical merits or lack there of. Far less qualified individuals than yourself successfully bill themselves as senior engineers or solutions consultants, and make several whole multiples of your pay doing so.