I'm a Senior Engineer now and I've been coding for 8 years
This is basically the issue with our industry. Medics are studying specialisation for at least 3 to 8 more years after graduating.
Software developers on the other hand believe they are "senior" after 5 and some even after 2-3 years. I'd say that after you spend over 10 years you will get a good grasp how to write software and at this point you become a senior.
I'd say this is relative, but basically you are a senior when you are no longer able to find the answers to your questions on stackoverflow and even if you ask, nobody is able to answer it in at least a couple of weeks if ever.
Well, after 25 years you begin to experience back and neck pain and that teaches you something else - you need to spend more time thinking than actually coding, so sitting behind the computer and pushing the buttons you start doing after you get a clear idea what you actually have to do, not just stare at the screen.
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This is basically the issue with our industry. Medics are studying specialisation for at least 3 to 8 more years after graduating.
Software developers on the other hand believe they are "senior" after 5 and some even after 2-3 years. I'd say that after you spend over 10 years you will get a good grasp how to write software and at this point you become a senior.
I'd say this is relative, but basically you are a senior when you are no longer able to find the answers to your questions on stackoverflow and even if you ask, nobody is able to answer it in at least a couple of weeks if ever.
Well, after 25 years you begin to experience back and neck pain and that teaches you something else - you need to spend more time thinking than actually coding, so sitting behind the computer and pushing the buttons you start doing after you get a clear idea what you actually have to do, not just stare at the screen.