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If someone can be considered "senior frontend developer" with say four years of experience, and careers span four decades, it should be the norm to be decent at
by dagw 4y ago
If someone can be considered "senior frontend developer" with say four years of experience, and careers span four decades, it should be the norm to be decent at multiple things.
Sure, but skills need to be kept sharp and relevant as well. There was a time in the distant past when I no doubt qualified as a "senior frontend web developer" (although we didn't use that term back then). However A LOT of things have a changed since then and I am out of date on the latest "frontend web develop" techniques and tools. Were I to want to get a job as a frontend web developer today I would no doubt be considered very much a junior.
- wizofaus 4y agoThere's a big difference between a senior who happens not to have worked on a particular tech stack in recent years and a junior that happens to have got started with that stack. The senior will definitely be able to command a significantly higher salary and within a fairly short period (months if not weeks) should be able to demonstrate that value. There's value in knowing a particular stack inside out for sure, but it doesn't match the general skills and experience you can only gain by having worked as a developer over a decade or so.