I am actually looking for something just like this, I would have bought it right now, if there was a download option. Any chance of getting that enabled, seems like holloway supports it.
Show HN: My book for programmers called “Junior to Senior” was published today
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#13I've read the free preview on the different meanings of what is a senior engineer, and I have to say I'm not convinced. "Years of experience" VS "Technical ability" is at best reductive, at worst completely wrong. I encourage you to look at large companies and how the levels are defined ( https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leveling-progress.html here for example, for Amazon) and the nuance that there is. The differen…
From his LinkedIn profile, the author doesn't seem to have experience in the likes of Amazon.
"Senior" will vary depending on the size of company and the scale of problems it deals with.
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#14Holloway seems to support downloads but this book doesn't have that option. Is that intentional?
Hmm, I believe you should be able to download it. I've reached out to my contacts at Holloway to see if there's a reason why the download isn't available.
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#15I am actually looking for something just like this, I would have bought it right now, if there was a download option. Any chance of getting that enabled, seems like holloway supports it.
Pretty sure you should be able to download it, but I don't see the option either. I've reached out to my contacts at Holloway to see if there's a reason why the download isn't available.
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#16I've read the free preview on the different meanings of what is a senior engineer, and I have to say I'm not convinced. "Years of experience" VS "Technical ability" is at best reductive, at worst completely wrong. I encourage you to look at large companies and how the levels are defined ( https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leveling-progress.html here for example, for Amazon) and the nuance that there is. The differen…
From his LinkedIn profile, the author doesn't seem to have experience in the likes of Amazon. "Senior" will vary depending on the size of company and the scale of problems it deals with.
In terms of pure job title I agree, but it's not the way it is presented here.
This book claims to give you the keys to unlock the skills you need to reach the "Senior software engineer" level.
It doesn't tell you it's not for large companies and it doesn't tell you that the "Senior software engineer" level he is talking about may meet the expectations of one class of company but not the other.
The target is specifically "ambitious" software engineers. I'm fairly certain that ambitious software engineers are many to have FAANGs as a target.
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#17I've read the free preview on the different meanings of what is a senior engineer, and I have to say I'm not convinced. "Years of experience" VS "Technical ability" is at best reductive, at worst completely wrong. I encourage you to look at large companies and how the levels are defined ( https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leveling-progress.html here for example, for Amazon) and the nuance that there is. The differen…
Agreed. I've found some value in years of XP but its very contextual. It feels like its used as gating many times vs depth of experience. Have come across and promoted many seniors with lesser years that have the experience and talent to put their money where their mouth is. And... plenty of 20-30 year veterans that are not good at all.
One framing I like to use when asked about junior and upwards is at the junior level you are focused on self success which is learning skills, building knowledge on how to develop software, the SDLC processes, estimation, and consistency. The higher you go the responsibility set grows to impact other developers on the team and products to a higher degree. Further is expanding horizontal and depth impact where you impact other teams and larger parts of the organization.
Last is that you don't have to be a senior to act senior but for them it is explicit responsibilities.
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#18I've read the free preview on the different meanings of what is a senior engineer, and I have to say I'm not convinced. "Years of experience" VS "Technical ability" is at best reductive, at worst completely wrong. I encourage you to look at large companies and how the levels are defined ( https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leveling-progress.html here for example, for Amazon) and the nuance that there is. The differen…
> "Years of experience" VS "Technical ability" is at best reductive, at worst completely wrong.
I'm not sure it's a completely useless model, but it's problematic. One problem that comes to mind is that a certain number of seniors are going to settle into their role and are going to be driven by different things than a young kid at his first junior dev job. The junior may be more driven because there's more at stake and may come with a fresh perspective since they're actively learning.
> they are bare minimum requirements for an engineer that has a couple of years of experience, they're not what is needed to reach the senior software engineer level.
Depends on who defines "senior". You're correct in terms of what it is to be a senior engineer. To get the title of senior engineer is more a function of time and social skills.
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#19Is there a kindle version?
The kindle version will be release in the future, hopefully soon. We're planning to make some revisions to the book based on some of the feedback (as well as adding/updating the links at the end of each section). So in the short term, the Holloway reader will be the best place to read the book as these revisions are made.
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#20How can I read this offline? Doesn't seem to be a way to load it on my kindle or laptop. Is there a PDF?