These are mostly my thoughts about what I was expecting as a junior and how I perceived senior developers. To be honest, I was romanticizing them quite a
    • a1studmuffin@aussie.zoneEnglish
      18·
      3 years ago

      I like to remind juniors that you can only become an expert on something temporarily, especially on large teams/projects. Between skill atrophy and the foundations shifting beneath your feet as other developers continue working, it’s not possible to truly understand a complex system in a state of flux for very long.

    • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
      3·
      3 years ago

      I wonder if the “oh fuck, I don’t know what to do and this will definitely crash and burn” feeling ever goes away.

      I’m only a relatively new senior, and everyone’s looking at me like I know what I’m doing, while I’m internally screaming and trying to juggle code reviews, documentation, ticket management, management management, client communication and 56 other things.

  • Mad_Punda.de@feddit.de
    21·
    3 years ago

    Really nice article, except for the work time section. Can we start to agree that overtime should not be normal? (To be fair, I don’t work in an industry with actual emergencies. There’s always tomorrow or next week. So maybe I’m missing perspective here.)

    Well that, and the being laid off. At my (unionized, European) company it’s usually the longer you’ve been with the company, the more secure your job is.

  • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
    7·
    3 years ago

    I hate popovers. This one not only covers the whole screen, it opens the virtual keyboard because of auto focus. So people actually subscribe like that? I don’t. I leave.

    • einsteinx2@programming.dev
      1·
      3 years ago

      Unfortunately all of those dark patterns actually do work statistically speaking, that’s why they’re so prevalent. It really sucks because it means they’ll never stop.

  • ElderberryLow@programming.dev
    4·
    3 years ago

    This is a fantastic article. As a junior dev myself, I find that I share some of these misconceptions about our Senior Devs (who seemingly know everything when I ask them a question haha). Thanks for posting.