Titles may mean nothing to you, but let me try to have you rethink that opinion.
Let's say you had a car that was having major problems and you took it to a mechanic. The service writer says "Ok Sir, I'm going to have my Entry Level Technician take a look at that for you". Most people's instant response is going to be "What? I'm not expert, but I don't think you should have someone entry level looking at my car".
See what happened there? Someone with a given "title" was instantly judged on their capabilities. We live in a society where we label and judge anything and everything while most of the time not realizing that. But most important of all is that we judge ourselves and what we're capable of doing.
I don't WANT that title for money. As a matter of fact I was still making the same amount of money as I was a Junior Developer when I claimed that title. MY JOB didn't GIVE me that title. I CLAIMED it. I didn't have to go to get another job to claim that title. What the title really means to me is PROGRESS. It helps reassure me that I am GROWING. That I am LEARNING. It helps being HEARD by people a lot easier.
It’s not about the years of experience its about the experience in your years. It's the amount of hours you're putting in those years.
Do you know want to know how I'll claim the "Senior" part? I'm going to continue PUTTING IN THE HOURS and reflect on my progress. 🙂
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As others have said, titles means nothing. If you want that title for money money, then sure.
Pro-tip: Don't put Junior/Mid-Level/Senior on your resume. Put "Software Developer with X years of exp".
My experience has taught me that the path is black, gray, and white. But mostly gray. A whole bunch of it.
I don't have a solid answer, but I've across some resources that might help you:
Personally, I don't give a crap about titles at work or in the community.
I've been doing this for over 10 years now. My most recent job gave me the title of "Senior Software Developer".
You know what I did? I put a post to cover the "Senior" part. Impostor syndrome? Nah. I'm just a better software developer than yesterday. That's all.
Senior implies capability though. You can spend X years putting out the same quality of work as someone with 1 and never grew as a developer.
Titles may mean nothing to you, but let me try to have you rethink that opinion.
Let's say you had a car that was having major problems and you took it to a mechanic. The service writer says "Ok Sir, I'm going to have my Entry Level Technician take a look at that for you". Most people's instant response is going to be "What? I'm not expert, but I don't think you should have someone entry level looking at my car".
See what happened there? Someone with a given "title" was instantly judged on their capabilities. We live in a society where we label and judge anything and everything while most of the time not realizing that. But most important of all is that we judge ourselves and what we're capable of doing.
I don't WANT that title for money. As a matter of fact I was still making the same amount of money as I was a Junior Developer when I claimed that title. MY JOB didn't GIVE me that title. I CLAIMED it. I didn't have to go to get another job to claim that title. What the title really means to me is PROGRESS. It helps reassure me that I am GROWING. That I am LEARNING. It helps being HEARD by people a lot easier.
It’s not about the years of experience its about the experience in your years. It's the amount of hours you're putting in those years.
Do you know want to know how I'll claim the "Senior" part? I'm going to continue PUTTING IN THE HOURS and reflect on my progress. 🙂