How the fuck does one get out of junior dev status? I’m at like 3.5 YoE and stuck in it.
You have to create technical debt specific to your skillset
Lmao. I’m in charge of migrating a C codebase to Rust, so I don’t think I’ll be lacking in that department.
These days you’re lucky to be able to work as a dev at all. To get out of junior dev you needed to get into the industry 5 years sooner.
So…I’m fucked? Lovely…
I am the senior dev. Please. No.
You’re that afraid of the code you wrote 10 years ago too eh? 🤣
I shudder at the thought of the ancient 1000+ lines Perl scripts… The seal must not be broken
As the senior dev, please don’t.
:3
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:<
I am the senior dev and idk what the fuck I am doing, leave me alone
just stare at it long enough, it’ll work itself out
It literally did that just yesterday. I need to retrain for a new job. Something with wood or plants in general I think.
lol it’s 50/50 sr devs I know love or detest technology
Just ask questions until people figure it out for themselves
Even at the interview?
As staff engineer, I’m far too busy to read angry of these comments. Also I haven’t written anything code in 4 years
What does a staff engineer do? Engineers staff?
Carry a big stick
Is that your staff or are you just happy to see me?
Be the reason Legal has to get involved.
Yooo somebody called me?
I’m the reason we get a safety meeting today, if that counts? 😊
Sure, and it counts double if code you wrote was the reason for the safety meeting.
I usually am, I am support and I ask questions about features so old and undocumented that no one else knows the answer.
This, but remove the “else”
…yes, not even the author
Wait until becoming the reason your boss has to get involved
Be the reason the corporate PR team has to get involved.
It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission
Be the reason the Hazmat Compliance team has to get involved
Im a mid with two juniors under me, super happy when they take initiative and do something creative
… instead of following youtrack to the letter, leaving me to rewrite half of it before the merge 😔
As someone who is not quite junior, but not quite senior, do it. It might just get me promoted ಠᴗಠ
You did so great on that case, were having a pizza party for the whole office!
Sounds like I’ve been promoted to the guy that eats the entire pizza by himself
… tell me again why you thought plugging into the prod server was a good idea?
Oh don’t worry, I get myself involved in plenty. I prefer to make problems at the architectural or “leadership” level though.
*Looking at the senior devs JavaScript code
My God, it even has a watermark.
drops rubber duck
Wait, no, that’s a coffee stain. On the screen.
But why is there an exact copy of the coffee stain on my screen as well?