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Senior Developer is typically either a junior or intermediate title. In some places, the title progression for technical professionals is (dev, senior dev, sta
by johan_larson 9y ago
Senior Developer is typically either a junior or intermediate title.
In some places, the title progression for technical professionals is (dev, senior dev, staff dev, principal dev, arch, senior arch), meaning Senior is actually a junior title.
In other places, the title progression is (dev I, dev II, senior dev, staff dev, senior staff dev, principal), meaning Senior is an intermediate title.
There is of course some variability across companies, but it's safe to say that "Senior Developer" is never an actually senior position. People holding it are never in charge of big things.
- falcolas 9y agoIt's worth noting that most non-enterprise companies (i.e. not Microsoft, IBM, or Oracle) don't implement staff or principal prefixes, making senior the top of the list. I haven't had a principal prefix since I worked for Oracle (and got there via an acquisition where I was a senior), yet I'm always at or near the top of the development ladder for my department. As always, you need to ask questions, not make assumptions.
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