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The Definition Of A Senior Developer

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RayRay
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4 min readOct 21, 2020

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Every company with software developers have their definition of a senior developer. For some that is the age, length of the experience, but for others, it’s a combination of this.

A lot of junior/medior developers are wondering when you become a senior developer. But the question you should ask is, how do you recognize a senior developer?

In this post, I want to give you my view on this. It’s not for every person or organization the same. But you can use it to define your definition out of it.

Why?

I write this is because I’ve heard developers use the term “senior” without understanding what it is. After reading this post I hope everyone understand what a senior developer is.

What To Talk About

  1. How Do You Recognize A Senior Developer?
  2. You Can’t Be A Senior In Everything
  3. A Senior Should Explain The Why
  4. A Senior Could Be A Lead Developer

1. How Do You Recognize A Senior Developer?

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