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There was never a time in human history when Senior Software Engineer had a consistent definition. It’s fine to write a nostalgia piece about your past experien
by mplewis 2y ago
There was never a time in human history when Senior Software Engineer had a consistent definition. It’s fine to write a nostalgia piece about your past experiences, but this blog post doesn’t go very far beyond that.
- s-lambert 2y agoAnd from his bio: "I've been coding professionally since 2014", that wasn't that long ago, I started around the same time and senior was definitely just as meaningless.
- suzzer99 2y agoI've been coding since 1998. Wherever I've worked, 'senior' has always just meant 'doesn't need to be supervised'. The standard pattern is to work 2 years as a junior developer, then jump ship for a senior job and double your salary.