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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, or if you live in some kind of Kafkaesque dystopia I never want to be part of. At my employer, the best senior develope

• hermitdev 7y ago
  > the best senior developers are the ones who know they can google the answer to trivia so they don't need to remember it. I've +20 years developing professionally. I remember the stuff I use day to day, and know how to navigate the docs of the technologies I use frequently for the less used tidbits. Being a good Senior isnt about knowing the answers to everything, but knowing how to find the answers quickly. Also, how to ask the right questions. I don't know is always an acceptable answer, but should be followed up with "I'll get back to you in an hour or two.", or something to that effect (obviously for some problems, may need to experiment/prototype).
• WWLink 7y ago
  What, you don't remember the argument order to every common file/memory operation like the back of your hand?! /s
• fulafel 7y ago
  Possibly the GP meant there is not much leadership skill required in their senior dev roles and the amount of programming language trivia is same as everywhere.
• RugnirViking 7y ago
  While I hate to assume people's position, I would venture a guess that the parent is a junior developer who has had one or two experiences that lead them to believe they are better at programming than some senior devs in their company, and has yet to realise how much of a lead they have in soft skills.