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Discussion on: What defines a senior software engineer?

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Jon Randy 🎖️

I'm not saying that it's a good predictor - but in 25 years as a developer, I've found that it is usually the case - even if there are younger devs that are more capable

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Alain Van Hout

What I'm saying is that age (or 'experience') doesn't inherently make a developer more capable. It's generally the mindset that sets apart more capable developers. That mindset usually takes time to develop (so age is indeed a factor), but there are plenty of develops increase in years without improving in mindset.