As someone in a similarly weird position (young, but doing this since I was very young and fortunate to have been place in some senior-if-you-squint positions), I’m curious what “mid level” means to you. What kind of things on a resume do you think make you mid level vs. junior (and what’s missing to be senior)?
I’m self taught. I enjoyed messing around in computers and learned programming.
My first job was as a senior developer. I knew the stack, other devs didn’t, so I had to teach them. I knew how to negotiate. So I started as senior at a big corporation.
I bumped around startups for a while. I’d regularly go from “developer” to “senior”. Then the company would bust. Then repeat.
I’m currently “non-senior” at a unicorn, but have more responsibility than I did anywhere else (unless you include 5 dev shops).
Eventually I’ll hit “senior, for real” where I won’t be willing to go back down.
What I really need is some mentoring (which I’m getting). Making the jump to “senior for real” means getting planning and management skills I don’t have, and won’t get from YouTube.
I’ve benefited from really good mentoring in the past, and plan to do so again soon.
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As someone in a similarly weird position (young, but doing this since I was very young and fortunate to have been place in some senior-if-you-squint positions), I’m curious what “mid level” means to you. What kind of things on a resume do you think make you mid level vs. junior (and what’s missing to be senior)?
I’m self taught. I enjoyed messing around in computers and learned programming.
My first job was as a senior developer. I knew the stack, other devs didn’t, so I had to teach them. I knew how to negotiate. So I started as senior at a big corporation.
I bumped around startups for a while. I’d regularly go from “developer” to “senior”. Then the company would bust. Then repeat.
I’m currently “non-senior” at a unicorn, but have more responsibility than I did anywhere else (unless you include 5 dev shops).
Eventually I’ll hit “senior, for real” where I won’t be willing to go back down.
What I really need is some mentoring (which I’m getting). Making the jump to “senior for real” means getting planning and management skills I don’t have, and won’t get from YouTube.
I’ve benefited from really good mentoring in the past, and plan to do so again soon.