How to move from junior to senior developer? Professional tech career advisors guidance!
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
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⏰ Quick jump
03:35 When is the right time to move to senior?
04:31 Start acting like a senior developer
16:07 Can you actually handle the role of senior software developer? Do you actually WANT the role of a senior developer?
23:48 Impostor syndrome - you can DO IT!
📝 Episode notes
In this episode, I talk with career coaches Ingrid Kocjan and Megan Vallee, giving advice for how to move from a junior to senior role as a software developer. We talk about mentoring, networking, feedback, and how to reach out to your manager and how to create a plan for advancing from junior to senior. We also talk how the bigger salary is nice, but there are also some ugly about advancing to senior developer and how to find out what that is.
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everything u guys talked about was actually happened to me and Enjoyed Every single moment of it.
Thanks! This episode is so relatable and answered a lot of my question
Great episode!
Great topic, I always get asked this too 💜
As a developer moving away from my junior position, it is great to listen to this video. Thanks to all for this great content! :)
Glad you liked it, Juznik!
Juznik, as an aspiring junior you may be interested in one of my videos ;)!
Awesome video. I see myself as a perfect target group for that video as I'm a ...mid-mid developer? I know stuff and can deliver, but also there's so much to be learned. A question in my head is - when do you know your knowledge and experience is enough?
What came out from that video is "be that person" - in that sense...you don't need a title to be a senior.
Thanks!
I wanna suggest the next video being from senior to Tech Lead and/or where to go from there (architect maybe?) and how to land there successfully. I haven't seen the full video but will add it to my watch later list.
Senior -> architect | senior-> tech lead
Great video topic tho.
Great idea!
It was actually very good interview, I completely agree with all part of it :) maybe this interview is missing one thing, that there also can be a team leader or a tech leader, this could be a role with senior tech skills and at the same time a people person, and also there can be a senior coder. So it depends, and the video was talking mainly about the leader kind of senior
Great point - this is very much dealing with the more leading person, but even so, just if you're highly technical you're going to be spending a lot of time in meetings and helping people, just simply because your expertise is highly desired and you're an important cog.
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Yeah, I noticed that too (after signing up). Shame, it seems like a good platform.
The site doesn't seem to exist any more? 😳
Good to hear that they have the JS Newbies covered at Beseen. Lol
It's pretty cool, yes! There are a lot of juniors on this channel that are good enough for their first position, but unlike developer jobs in general, those can be a bit hard to find without assistance. All companies need developers, but the ones that can support mentoring a junior in a good way are much fewer, so it's really good that services like Seen exist.
@@funfunfunction yes that's true for sure. Not a lot of businesses are willing to expend scarce resources on mentoring newer devs (which is v.short sighted on their part). This is why channels like FunFunFunction are an all the more indispensable resource for those without experience - Appreciate the work & effort you put into making these videos! Muchos Grassy Ass! x
Have you transitioned from junior to senior? Please share your story!
Me, i have this opportunity and its complicated to describe but the only thing that i can share about this is, let junior = (preparation, confidence) => senior;
16:05 how make this kind of transition in web page
WebGL
Approaching a senior has some luck factor in it. Depends on what mood you catch them in. Some even are reserved towards sharing knowledge, when you show enthusiasm to learn and grow. (from personal experience). I am junior, but ended up the last person on the team and then mentored 11 new for months. Does that make me half senior? lul
Haha, I think it kind of does. Trial by fire, for sure, but that's a way to become senior.
is BeSeen only for US?
They are currently limited for *employers* in the us, canada and uk but you can apply for any job that you are interested in relocating to in those countries. Sorry if this does not cover your case.
@FabiosoftTv Seen says this regarding being a foreigner on its available markets: ”You're still able to apply to be on the Seen platform and create a profile. Your approval will be determined by the technical skills and experience in your profile, not your citizenship status in those markets.”
@@funfunfunction ok thank you. really appreciated :) keep doing amazing contents!
Any video on Redux?
If not can you please?
Why do you define 'Senior ' as a 'role' ? As far as I know It is a job title. A Junior developer and a Senior developer could do the same thing in two different companies ,from that idea it a title not a role.
What part of the video are you referring to? It's a long video and it's hard to answer this question without knowing the context - could you perhaps provide a time code?
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