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Ask HN : How to stand out as a bog-standard developer?
Working at a big bank as a ui developer currently. I'm pretty good at my job but it does feel like I could be replaced by a fresh grad at anytime because it just feels like I'm working on nothing very complex.
Recently I've become the dev lead for my team and it becomes easier and easier to pass off work to my team because nothing feels very challenging or rewarding. I used to be a Python dev but since joining this company I've been only working on the front end(React+Javascript).
How do I stand out from every single other developer out there? What are some valuable skills I should try to develop? I'm looking mostly for technical skills, not people person skills because thats not something I'm very interested yet.
- jleyank 4y agoBe known. As dependable, efficient, personable, results-oriented, …. Leave good, solid code behind. If you are a manager, mentor people, keep within your budget, keep your management informed (they hate surprises). As you wrote, you don’t think you can differentiate yourself on technical chops. Therefore do so on work chops - be the one they and others want when a job needs to be done.
- brudgers 4y agoPeople skills are permanent. Technical skills are transitory. And fungible. Moreover, standing out is about people...standing out in good ways is a people skill. Finally, growing requires doing the hard thing. Not the same old thing. Good luck.