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> I was coming up under a senior at my work one day > It really threw me for a loop as to what a software engineer needs to know to succeed at very high levels
by yieldcrv 3y ago
> I was coming up under a senior at my work one day
> It really threw me for a loop as to what a software engineer needs to know to succeed at very high levels professionally
he is arguably more successful while you have prematurely optimized
do things that make money, since that’s clearly the priority and context here
- eropple 3y ago> he is arguably more successful while you have prematurely optimized Sure--until he isn't. And that happens north of "senior". I've had a lot of I-shaped people reporting to and taking direction from me in my career, and I'm not as deep at any one thing as many of them. But I'm deeper at a lot of things than most of those folks, and I can synthesize solutions to more complex problems because of them. Heck, things I learned writing games in my teens still come up on occasion twenty years later.
- ghosty141 3y agoSenior seems to be lacking knowledge that OP has and acts like it. No matter his backstory he shouldve acknowledged his defieceny. Since OP seems to be newer in the industry comparing success isnt really fair, he might make it out on top in the future, we dont know.