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Discussion on: What is the difference between a junior and a senior software developer? 15 things I wish I had known sooner

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pentacular

The most important thing is that a senior developer should understand which things aren't important.

Junior developers don't have the experience to judge this, and so everything seems critically important -- you'll often see Junior developers get into heated arguments about things which just aren't important.

Most things don't matter most of the time, but it takes experience to be able to see which things actually do matter, and where.

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Your DevOps Guy

Absolutely. Seniors need to prioritize tasks and decide what brings the most value to their team.