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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How the fuck does one get out of junior dev status? I'm at like 3.5 YoE and stuck in it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You have to create technical debt specific to your skillset

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lmao. I'm in charge of migrating a C codebase to Rust, so I don't think I'll be lacking in that department.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Now just go to work and casually say " I'm feeling very senior today" .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

These days you're lucky to be able to work as a dev at all. To get out of junior dev you needed to get into the industry 5 years sooner.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pretty much. I'd try to get into a different field if you can.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I'm likely going to commit suicide. With the way life's been going, I may actually end it all tomorrow.