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Discussion on: What is the difference between a junior and a senior software developer? 15 things I wish I had known sooner

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Jon Randy 🎖️ • Edited

What is the difference between a junior and a senior developer?

Honestly? Age. It's been this way everywhere I've worked in 25 years as a developer

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Your DevOps Guy

You are right, there is a correlation between years of experience and being a senior. However,

There are people with 10 years of experience and people who have experienced the same year ten times

You need to push yourself to keep growing. It is a mix of experience and attitude (leadership).