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A senior dev role is an income stream of USD n 000 000 dollars a year, that has certain guarantees about payments. In this context it makes sense to dedicate a
by jt2190 4y ago
A senior dev role is an income stream of USD n 000 000 dollars a year, that has certain guarantees about payments. In this context it makes sense to dedicate a considerable amount of personal time and effort to capture one.
> … yet somehow you feel you yourself are the arrogant one for not doing more. That's not even highlighting all the other emotional effects the process had on the author, and the author is by no means "average"
Learning techniques for managing one’s emotions and stress levels can pay huge dividends here.
Part of that is stepping back and realizing that the “rules of the game” of resume/interviews/offer were written by employers, for their benefit first. (One technique for addressing this is to beak out of this process, and reach out to hiring managers directly. Professional sales people do this all the time; I’m not sure why selling labor is somehow magically different.)
- DeathArrow 4y ago>A senior dev role is an income stream of USD n 000 000 dollars a year That's true for US. In most parts of the world developer salaries are much lower.
- jt2190 4y agoI suppose that since Jamie is based in Nottingham, U.K. [1] then we should adjust the currency and number of zeros for his particular locale. My understanding is that senior software developer roles in the U.K. are also considered professional-level jobs that pay very well relative to other professional-level jobs in the local labor market, similar to the U.S., and are worth putting in some extra time and effort to get. I think the same is true about senior software developers in many other countries: They are professional-level jobs that pay well relative to other professional-level jobs in the local market, and they're definitely worth taking some time and effort to get. Feel free to provide specific examples of countries where this isn't the case. [1] "README" https://readme.jvt.me/ https://readme.jvt.me/
- PeterisP 4y agoIt's not only that the rate is adjusted for locale but that the disparities in USA are much larger. In USA a very senior engineer at a FAANG in California will earn 20x times more than a junior engineer at some small midwest company. In UK a very senior engineer in London will earn perhaps 4x that of a junior engineer in Wales. In USA "pays very well relative to other professional-level jobs in the local labor market" will often mean a compensation that's double or triple of those other jobs; in UK "pays very well relative to other professional-level jobs in the local labor market" would imply a 20% or 30% difference. That makes a meaningful conceptual difference.