I disagree with this - I also am of the opinion that seniority is much more intangible than the number of years you've spent in a field.
I'm so interested in defining seniority in SWE-land, that I started a podcast to talk with some of the most experienced people I could find about building and defining seniority. It turns out that very few of the people I met quantify seniority in terms of time; experiences are far more important than years spent at the keyboard.
Dan Abramov isn't in his thirties yet, but I'd suppose he has more "seniority" than the vast majority of software developers ever achieve.
Personally, I take a bit of offense at your rubric for determining seniority, but you're entitled to your opinion. Though, I don't see what purpose it serves beyond gatekeeping.
Honestly though, job titles are frequently meaningless and vary vastly between organizations. Looking to far into them is usually a bad idea, in my experience.
Edit: clarification, sorry for typos, etc on mobile. 🙃
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I disagree with this - I also am of the opinion that seniority is much more intangible than the number of years you've spent in a field.
I'm so interested in defining seniority in SWE-land, that I started a podcast to talk with some of the most experienced people I could find about building and defining seniority. It turns out that very few of the people I met quantify seniority in terms of time; experiences are far more important than years spent at the keyboard.
Dan Abramov isn't in his thirties yet, but I'd suppose he has more "seniority" than the vast majority of software developers ever achieve.
Personally, I take a bit of offense at your rubric for determining seniority, but you're entitled to your opinion. Though, I don't see what purpose it serves beyond gatekeeping.
Honestly though, job titles are frequently meaningless and vary vastly between organizations. Looking to far into them is usually a bad idea, in my experience.
Edit: clarification, sorry for typos, etc on mobile. 🙃