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If they're a relatively good developer (top 25%) How does one know that one is a top developer? I'd imagine it's easy to have a false knowledge of being in th

• ap22213 13y ago
  I think it's relatively easy if you work within companies of a certain size. If so, compare yourself to another 100 developers that you've worked with. If you only work with start-ups, it may be more difficult. Questions to ask yourself: - Do you consistently get higher ratings than your peers? - Do other developers come to you first if they want advice on the correct way to do something? - Have you produced features that cause applause in sales teams or customers? - Have all of your products been successful (maybe allowing for slips in schedule or budget)? - Do people understand your code? (i.e. do you get a lot of emails from people asking to explain things?) - Do features that you have created have significantly fewer bugs than other features? - Do tech leads or product managers seek you out to help them build products or features?
  • skarmklart 13y ago
    This is also a good scale to use: https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/gervais-macleod-23-the-shodan-programmer/ https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/gervais-macl...