The article's perspective is that the superiority of senior engineers lies mainly in the access they have to other people. I.e., they're not better, and it's not because of their experience; it's because of their position. I.e., the politics of resentment have reached even here. Do junior engineers prioritize avoiding embarrassment over learning? This is a really, really tough nut to crack. And let's not always hand-…
> But still: juniors have literally complained that it doesn't matter when I fail, because I'm already "made". Their sense that they have to prove themselves, and advance on some ladder, hangs over them always. They are not wrong. I've been around long enough to earn some trust. I can (and have) made some major mistakes that would be reflected on a junior's raise, but I get by with it. I'm also working in places wher…
Re: Senior engineers are living in the future
#241Perhaps this is just a reflection on the places I’ve worked. But I’ve never seen a junior get less of a raise because of a mistake they made.