Senior Developer Definition
The cluster centers on debates about what defines a 'senior developer' or 'senior engineer', including metrics like years of experience, leadership, decision-making, scope of responsibility, and how the term varies across companies.
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"More senior developer" such as who or categorised by what metrics? Age?
Do you really need a senior engineer?
Neither are you if that's your understanding of a senior engineer
Any senior developer using in resume term "senior"?
Senior dev is not what you were doing, judging by your description of it.
Senior developer aren't senior because they can type code very fast. They are senior because they can take on responsibilities and make decisions. A junior that types code very fast is a junior that types code very fast.
First off, "Senior" is a pretty nebulous term and can mean different things to different people and different companies. Some companies have fairly detailed definitions of what is expected at different levels, and others don't. For the latter, "Senior" likely means "we don't want to have to teach you to code". Whether or not you want to work at a place like that is up to you and the conversation that you have with them in the interview. I wouldn't wor
By senior I mean 5+ years experience, not their job title.
Staff/senior is a different skill set, and you should just shoot for it instead of thinking banging out code will get you there
What would you generally consider senior SWE work in this case?