Although these titles seems arbitrary, it's useful to have a way for people to feel like they are progressing. A lot of jobs still subscribe to this model and you've done a great job of breaking it down.
I disagree with 'X numbers of experience' being a metric for talent. I've worked with many developers with 20+ yeas experience who have been terrible at modern programming.
It doesn't matter how long you have been in the game, if you're not learning it's game over.
I consider myself 'senior' at several things and 'junior' at several other things. It changes on a daily basis because I'm always trying to learn and improve. The developer landscape changes so quickly, especially in web development.
Not being a junior developer anymore probably comes at the point where you feel like you know even less know than you did when you first started, you ask more questions then ever and you've learned when to use or not use a given pattern or technology, questioning everything. Including yourself!
Although these titles seems arbitrary, it's useful to have a way for people to feel like they are progressing. A lot of jobs still subscribe to this model and you've done a great job of breaking it down.
I disagree with 'X numbers of experience' being a metric for talent. I've worked with many developers with 20+ yeas experience who have been terrible at modern programming.
It doesn't matter how long you have been in the game, if you're not learning it's game over.
I consider myself 'senior' at several things and 'junior' at several other things. It changes on a daily basis because I'm always trying to learn and improve. The developer landscape changes so quickly, especially in web development.
Not being a junior developer anymore probably comes at the point where you feel like you know even less know than you did when you first started, you ask more questions then ever and you've learned when to use or not use a given pattern or technology, questioning everything. Including yourself!
Well said Valerie! It’s not about the years of experience its about the experience in your years.