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Discussion on: So, what does it mean to be a senior developer?

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David Wickes

Yeaaaa - promotion to 'senior' to make sure they don't leave, or because they've been around too long. This is very dangerous, as it makes them feel like they know what they're doing when they don't.

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Pedram marandi

Main reason I left my previous role is because of that. My boss hold promoting me for various reasons which none made any sense to me. He talked about age, being recently graduated and other non-sense stuff. I interviewed and got a job as senior developer in a larger company, then he was like this is my new offer and your role is senior.

At some points, we need to be promoted and it even made sense to him but he stopped me achieving what I needed to advance my career.