I mean if you look at the leveling guidelines of every single tech company that I’m aware of, “senior” is defined by “scope”, “impact” and “dealing with ambigui

I mean if you look at the leveling guidelines of every single tech company that I’m aware of, “senior” is defined by “scope”, “impact” and “dealing with ambiguity”. They may state it different ways. But it all boils down to this. You are not a “senior” if you spent 3 years pulling tickets off the board with well defined business goals. Sources: https://www.levels.fyi/blog/swe-level-framework.html https://www.levels.fyi/blog/swe-level-framework.html https://dropbox.github.io/dbx-career-framework/ https://dropbox.github.io/dbx-career-framework/ (The only BigTech company I have worked for) https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leveling-progress.html https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leveling-progress.html