Stop Being a Junior
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Stop Being a Junior
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Re: Stop Being a Junior
#2I would also add: Don’t be an expert beginner. At some point you have to focus on solving real business problems as opposed to mastery of tool usage or configuration.
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#3If you are a good junior you already know most of the things you will know as a senior, the difference is you don't know that you know.
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#4> I felt like I had to leave the company I was with to get up to the level I wanted to be with. I probably could have managed it with the company I was already with if I had been more patient.
Ah there it is. Nothing is more junior than seeking this advice.
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#5I think you crashed his site y'all.
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#6not being junior doesn't mean being updated with any new, fast, shiny technology. Means having the right attitude toward the job and the matter. That, only experience gives. One year and a half, depending on the person, might be enough, but not for all.
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#7> I felt like I had to leave the company I was with to get up to the level I wanted to be with. I probably could have managed it with the company I was already with if I had been more patient. Ah there it is. Nothing is more junior than seeking this advice.
Bingo lol. In this industry you leave and come back for a free L+2. It has been this way for decades. Author needs to get with the times.
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#8Sometimes you get to be a junior in a company that uses A,B,C but then you upgrade, move to another company, but they say that to be a senior, you're lacking your expertise in D,E,F. What then? Just jump 'til it fits?
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#9Sometimes you get to be a junior in a company that uses A,B,C but then you upgrade, move to another company, but they say that to be a senior, you're lacking your expertise in D,E,F. What then? Just jump 'til it fits?
No, that's just another way of a company saying to you your face doesn't fit with this promotion/role.
And why that is depends on who is hiring you. Most of my experience in tech has been working for non-technical managers who think a Senior position is one of a liaison officer between management and computing in general.
Most of the time I read comments about the ancient wizardry and the important soft skills you need to have as a Senior just makes me wonder how much crap these people have been fed by their superiors.
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#10There are more direct ways to convey a message. Article reads like humblebragging...