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Re:Ask HN: People who completed a bootcamp 3+ years ago: wha... by crispyambulance on Friday June 09, 2017 @12:28PM (#14522468)
Keep in mind that "senior" or other title doo-dads don't really have a fixed meaning.

Also, depending on the workplace you may be undervaluing domain experience. Yeah, of course, a taxi driver isn't going to ascend at Uber because of Taxi driver skills. But a high-skilled experienced CPA with a knack for software development could do really well against 20-something SWE's at a fintech company.

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Re:Ask HN: People who completed a bootcamp 3+ years ago: wha... by bogomipz on Friday June 09, 2017 @12:45PM (#14522573)
>"Keep in mind that "senior" or other title doo-dads don't really have a fixed meaning."

Now your shifting the discussion a bit with the concept of title inflation. I think the intention of "Senior" is very clear with respect to junior and mid-level career stages. It is not a "doo-dad" in the same way that something like "Customer Success Associate" is.

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Re:Ask HN: People who completed a bootcamp 3+ years ago: wha... by iopuy on Friday June 09, 2017 @12:39PM (#14522530)
At my company, and every other large company I have worked for titles absolutely have a fixed meaning. There are standard pay bands that are largely predicated on your title.
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Re:Ask HN: People who completed a bootcamp 3+ years ago: wha... by crispyambulance on Friday June 09, 2017 @01:16PM (#14522783)
_Within_ any one company, sure, "senior" may mean something.

But looking across companies... Nope. A "junior" could easily change jobs/employers and land on a "senior" title or vice-versa.

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