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Discussion on: Six Things You Thought Senior Devs Did (But We Don't)

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Venkatesh KL • Edited

If there's a post that truly defines a senior guy this is it. I'd like to add another point though.
if a junior thinks that seniors are ridiculously fast at a problem then the simple reasoning behind it is that they've done it/something very similar before & did it facing lot of challenges which the junior will face if they go the same path. So the senior just tried to stop them from going all that way.
I've found it to be true many times on my way to be a senior(probably) & I ensure to say that to my team always. I'll say "I'm not super-fast not highly intellectual. It's just that I've thought of/solved this problem before"

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Ansh Saini

So true

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Jason C. McDonald

Absolutely! Good addition.

Or as I like to say, "Speed is a side effect of proficiency, nothing more."