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you can play musical chairs with Soft dev jobs for a while, but soon you'll plateau or/and eventually replaced by fresh out of college dev.

mnkmnk 5y ago
If you are going to get replaced by fresh out of college dev anyway, as well make money by switching companies lots of times.
ChuckNorris89 5y ago
Depends. If you're switching jobs just for more money and don't get any useful experience or skills along they way, effectively coasting along and becoming a junior with X years of experience, then yes you can be replaced. However, if you're smart and a little bit selective, making sure to only job hop to gigs that provide some challenge and growth opportunities, not just going with every recruiter that promises you more $$$, then the skills you'll develop and pick up should guarantee that no junior can easily replace you. My $0.02.
- raverbashing 5y ago
  Yeah I think in a similar way The market is filled with "Juniors with X yrs experience". Even 10, 20 yrs experience. No kidding. A lot of newer developers are more accustomed to copy-pasting React stuff from SO. Which is fine, but it doesn't solve all problems. That's how you end up with people that only know how to deploy stuff using Docker containers (which, again, is fine for most situations). At some point the grown-ups have to show up. Can you be the grown-up?
b9a2cab5 5y ago
No senior I've worked with could be replaced by a fresh out of college dev. You don't deserve to be called senior if you can.
- trutannus 5y ago
  SoP - Senior on Paper. There's a lot of places where senior is just a title they slap on someone to fit them into a position.
  - throwaway210222 5y ago
    Indeed, which is why my trusted definition of 'senior' is that you have a budget and can sign off on a decent signed purchase order. There are very few senior people.
EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y ago
Here's where the code obfuscation skills come handy. Make enough of a mess and you are irreplaceable.

mnkmnk 5y ago

If you are going to get replaced by fresh out of college dev anyway, as well make money by switching companies lots of times.

ChuckNorris89 5y ago

Depends. If you're switching jobs just for more money and don't get any useful experience or skills along they way, effectively coasting along and becoming a junior with X years of experience, then yes you can be replaced. However, if you're smart and a little bit selective, making sure to only job hop to gigs that provide some challenge and growth opportunities, not just going with every recruiter that promises you more $$$, then the skills you'll develop and pick up should guarantee that no junior can easily replace you. My $0.02.

raverbashing 5y ago
Yeah I think in a similar way The market is filled with "Juniors with X yrs experience". Even 10, 20 yrs experience. No kidding. A lot of newer developers are more accustomed to copy-pasting React stuff from SO. Which is fine, but it doesn't solve all problems. That's how you end up with people that only know how to deploy stuff using Docker containers (which, again, is fine for most situations). At some point the grown-ups have to show up. Can you be the grown-up?

b9a2cab5 5y ago

No senior I've worked with could be replaced by a fresh out of college dev. You don't deserve to be called senior if you can.

trutannus 5y ago
SoP - Senior on Paper. There's a lot of places where senior is just a title they slap on someone to fit them into a position.
- throwaway210222 5y ago
  Indeed, which is why my trusted definition of 'senior' is that you have a budget and can sign off on a decent signed purchase order. There are very few senior people.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y ago

Here's where the code obfuscation skills come handy. Make enough of a mess and you are irreplaceable.