I'm studying Computer Science, and therefor I'm sure that I will be an own-employed Web Dev by more than 1 year (yeah, I make websites as a freelancer). So in my case I will be Junior Dev by more than 1 year. But if you already had your full-time job, forget about Junior, just tell people what you do, and fight for being recogniced. If you are good at it doesn't matter your seniority. If you have projects to backup your knowledge, that's it.
Here in Argentina seniority is pretty relative. Between 1 and 2 years of experience could be considerer a semi-senior level, sometimes not oficially, but in the cash... or some person with a degree may start as a Senior Dev, without previous full-time jobs.
How significant are this titles to others in the field? Well, that's pretty much on to you, if you tell every person your level, and you put the line between yourself and other... well that difference counts. But if you see every one else like a collegue, without feeling your self less or more than others, well that difference eventually will mean nothing.
Thanks for the insight! I especially like how you said "just tell people what you do, and fight to be recognized." I'm still realizing that much of our qualifications are based on previous projects and recommendation by previous clients (in the case of freelancers).
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I'm studying Computer Science, and therefor I'm sure that I will be an own-employed Web Dev by more than 1 year (yeah, I make websites as a freelancer). So in my case I will be Junior Dev by more than 1 year. But if you already had your full-time job, forget about Junior, just tell people what you do, and fight for being recogniced. If you are good at it doesn't matter your seniority. If you have projects to backup your knowledge, that's it.
Here in Argentina seniority is pretty relative. Between 1 and 2 years of experience could be considerer a semi-senior level, sometimes not oficially, but in the cash... or some person with a degree may start as a Senior Dev, without previous full-time jobs.
How significant are this titles to others in the field? Well, that's pretty much on to you, if you tell every person your level, and you put the line between yourself and other... well that difference counts. But if you see every one else like a collegue, without feeling your self less or more than others, well that difference eventually will mean nothing.
You are not false-advertising yourself Rachel ;)
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Thanks for the insight! I especially like how you said "just tell people what you do, and fight to be recognized." I'm still realizing that much of our qualifications are based on previous projects and recommendation by previous clients (in the case of freelancers).