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Whatโ€™s the difference between junior, mid-level, senior and staff engineers?

Whatโ€™s the difference between junior, mid-level, senior and staff engineers?

How can you tell if you are ready for a promotion? ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

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Caleb Mellas
Mar 13, 2023
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Whatโ€™s the difference between junior, mid-level, senior and staff engineers?
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First off, I just want to say: the level of engineer you are has nothing to do with your worth as a human. ๐Ÿ’™

It has nothing to do with how many lines of code you crank out. Sometimes, mid-level engineers are writing more code than senior level engineers. ๐Ÿ˜…

Itโ€™s not even directly tied to years of experience. ๐Ÿคฏ

Itโ€™s more to do with:

  • mindset

  • responsibility

  • teโ€ฆ

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