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Discussion on: The job title debate

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Graham Morby

Do you think as a senior developer mentorship shoudl stop?

Does a senior engineer not need hand holding from time to time?

Why not just have pay bands? say 1, 2 and 3 - no tags or titles

As I've said in my article I have been developing along time but I still need mentorship and hand holding, more now than ever before as the landscape is changing so often.

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Michael Mangialardi

Their needs to be more experienced developers that hand-hold, and more experienced developers do well to bounce ideas from other experienced developers.

I wouldn't get caught up in a particular scheme per se, just pointing out that there is a spectrum of skills and focus needed within an engineering organization--and we do well to put our finger on this spectrum and have roles that cover the width of it, using title as a helpful starting point for clarifying focus points and responsibilities.