How to get promoted to Senior Software Engineer roles
What gets you promoted to senior engineer?
-- As a senior, find simple solutions to problems.
Simple is fast. Simple is extendible. Simple is easy to explain.
-- As a senior, do things (including boring things) that have an impact.
Business considerations come before our preferences, even before our learning opportunities.
-- Senior engineers have a reputation for reliability. Maybe not 100% tested code, but they check for basic edge cases and monitor prod for problems.
If you are trying to be promoted to senior, go for the most impactful projects, and do them without complaint. Yes, the code sucks. Yes, the vendor APIs suck. Damn, it's just a CRUD app with zero innovation.
That's wher…
-- As a senior, find simple solutions to problems.
Simple is fast. Simple is extendible. Simple is easy to explain.
-- As a senior, do things (including boring things) that have an impact.
Business considerations come before our preferences, even before our learning opportunities.
-- Senior engineers have a reputation for reliability. Maybe not 100% tested code, but they check for basic edge cases and monitor prod for problems.
If you are trying to be promoted to senior, go for the most impactful projects, and do them without complaint. Yes, the code sucks. Yes, the vendor APIs suck. Damn, it's just a CRUD app with zero innovation.
That's wher…
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