How to move into a senior role?

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Hi everyone, I have a question about senior dev roles.

What makes someone a senior dev? Do they just know more stacks and frameworks?

I want to move up as quickly and efficiently as possible. I just accepted an offer below.

What skills should I be mindful of starting out?

19g616l0l2zc64 · Accepted Answer

Well there are lot of things. First navigating office politics (if applicable and also depends on company), how you deal with ambiguity, delegate well, manage and train people well, code and architect a project with clean principles, code reviews. And these mean a lot with smaller teams, have to wear multiple hats etc. I think becoming senior is a journey and if you do it too soon, you will be disappointed. But if you stay in the same company and team, it’s easier to become senior probably in 3 or 4 years as you know your way around pretty well

19g614l3k6kkeu · Answer

I think most important is being on a team where there's opportunity to be in charge of significant projects. Usually promos are a recognition of work already being done, not a change in rolesSo being on a team that is growing is helpful but that part is luck of the draw

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