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What is the difference between a junior and a senior developer?
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The most important thing is that a senior developer should understand which things aren't important.
Junior developers don't have the experience to judge this, and so everything seems critically important -- you'll often see Junior developers get into heated arguments about things which just aren't important.
Most things don't matter most of the time, but it takes experience to be able to see which things actually do matter, and where.
Absolutely. Seniors need to prioritize tasks and decide what brings the most value to their team.
Another important one that I sometimes still struggle with: learn to delegate. As you need to focus on more important tasks you need to put aside the ones that are trivial or do not require your whole skill set, but that still need to be done to fulfill the big picture.
To earn trust you must give trust in return. Find the most suitable person among your teammates and colleagues to perform such tasks, or even a junior dev whose skills and knowledge would benefit from fulfilling it, even if you need to put a couple of hours into teaching or supervising them. In the long run the payoff will be worth it.
X) Think long and hard before you write any code, maybe its just easier and cheaper to buy it for $5 a month to verify proof of concept.
Bonus: Know the basics of computer science, not just programing: qvault.io/big-o-algorithms/
Thank you for these recommendations.
Happy to share my experience to help others.
Honestly? Age. It's been this way everywhere I've worked in 25 years as a developer
You are right, there is a correlation between years of experience and being a senior. However,
You need to push yourself to keep growing. It is a mix of experience and attitude (leadership).
Very inspiring and educative write up . I have learnt a couple of things I most tend to ignore
Glad you liked it and found it useful.