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Discussion on: On Getting Promoted as a Developer

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Matt Eland

I can agree entirely with the patience aspect. I stayed as a senior dev for 9 years because I loved the job. Then I changed jobs to take on a lead role. It lasted 3 months until we reorganized and promoted me to manager. Some periods may be short and others long. When I ultimately advanced it was to take on different challenges in growing a team and improving processes, not necessarily programming challenges