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If you are a Senior anything and being told what to do, you're not really a Senior. Maybe that works for you, if you're in the right place getting paid the rig
by disgruntledphd2 6y ago
If you are a Senior anything and being told what to do, you're not really a Senior.
Maybe that works for you, if you're in the right place getting paid the right amount, but we do ourselves a disservice when we allow this to occur.
My personal understanding was:
junior: lots of tactical guidance
medium: less tactical, lots of strategic guidance
senior: no tactical, very vague strategic (normally coming from business partners).
Maybe that's just me, though.
- learc83 6y ago>senior: no tactical, very vague strategic (normally coming from business partners). >Maybe that's just me, though. That's just you. I agree that's probably closer to how the terminology should work, but it doesn't. I'm unaware of any large company where senior engineers are getting direction directly from business partners. You're lucky if "senior" engineers have 3 years of experience.
- pbrb 6y agoI see it the same way. I've had to have the "why did you hire me if you're going to tell me how to do everything?" conversation with a recent manager.