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Discussion on: Supposed to be a senior developer but feeling like fake and junior

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Nathan Kallman

Now onto the real problem. How long have you studied / practiced outside of your work over the last 7 years? If the answer is 0, then it's going to be very difficult to change your situation.

I'll add on to that having a job that pushes your skills helps tremendously. Squeezing 2-10 hours of additional coding into your week outside of the job is great; but being forced to have 10-40 hours of learning is a whole other level.

Many companies merely want "code monkeys" who just type the code into the computer according to the spec and architecture dictated to them. No thinking just typing. That is the type of job that will keep you stuck at the same skill level and you should try to avoid it if you can.

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Spyros Argalias

Yeah that sounds awesome, great suggestion.

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majoko

That's really a good point.
If you can't apply the things you learn in your freetime in your current job then it is difficult to keep up all those things.

On the other hand: The companies that offer this jobs mostly have a high expectation to their applicants. So this is a chicken and egg problem :)
Further you will never find a company or a job where you can always apply new things, mythologies and toolings