Ask HN: Junior devs of HN, what are you doing to become senior?
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#2Actually listening when a senior tried to correct me. That wasn't easy.
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#3Grow older... years of "experience" acquired...
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#4Aging
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#5I recommend becoming an expert in just one field of computer application, or an industry where computers are used.
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#6Talk to people at your company, go to fairs,...
You'll better understand what is going on around.
You can do some amount of learning new tech skills. But you'll have to know which ones at first, so the former steps are still important.
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#7Aging
Try to get ten years of experience, not one year of experience ten times. Best achieved at a growing organization
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#10The key for me has been focus on creating value - by being consistent at coding, year in and year out.
When you stick with it, over time, you start to recognize patterns and cycles, that trends emerge, peak, and fade.