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Ask HN: What is the difference between Software Engg. & Senior Software Engg.?
Hi, I recently got promoted to senior software engineer position. I want to know what are the differences in work responsibilities that you think for software engineer and senior software engineers positions. Help me understand!
- cperciva 17y agoThe title "Senior Software Engineer" means "we're worried about you leaving, but we don't want to pay you more, so we're going to give you a title which sounds better in order to make you feel appreciated".
- yan 17y agoTo me, "software engineer" means you can come to a large, existing project, look at their open tickets and begin to attempt to fix the issues. "Senior software engineer" means you can design such a project, push the first commit and supervise it as it grows. But what does it mean realistically? Probably exactly what Colin said.
- gruseom 17y agoThere are no differences in work responsibilities. The term is an artifact of HR and organizational structures that have little to do with making software.
- cmars232 17y agoAt least a 10% raise, I'd hope!