9a: Why you are not a senior

If you work alone all the time, you’ll never be a senior.

If you think you know the best, you’ll never be a senior.

If you always work with senior, staff, or principal engineers, you’ll never be a senior. You have to mentor, train, and coach other people.

If you jump on the hype train without giving it a thought, you’ll never be a senior developer.

If you don’t bother to explain your awesome technical solutions to non-technical folks, you’ll never be a senior

• Related Note(s): 12a: Making decisions based on three groups;

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