Ask HN: I am “trapped” in a senior engineering role, how can I escape?

Re:Ask HN: I am “trapped” in a senior engineering role, how ... by chrisseaton on Saturday September 26, 2020 @04:23PM (#24601809)

> "Senior Developer" is a heavily diluted term at this point.

I think some companies are starting to call all graduates at least 'senior'. Like how almost everyone at a bank is called a Vice President.

My first job before I even graduated was 'senior'. Of course I wasn't really senior in any regard.

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Re:Ask HN: I am “trapped” in a senior engineering role, how ... by josalhor on Saturday September 26, 2020 @04:41PM (#24601943)

After just 1 year of college experience, I got accepted into a company as a senior engineer. At some point, I debated whether or not I should write that into my resume and decided against it.

Even though I proposed and started my own project inside the company, I would not call myself a senior engineer. Funnily enough, the value I added to the business may have been more than some of true seniors would have brought…

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Re:Ask HN: I am “trapped” in a senior engineering role, how ... by Spooky23 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:37PM (#24602724)

Bigger, older orgs did that to shift salaries up when the market went wacky in the late 90s.

Your average data processing guy in a non-tech company was probably two corporate notches lower in 1990 as compared to 2020.

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Re:Ask HN: I am “trapped” in a senior engineering role, how ... by qzw on Saturday September 26, 2020 @09:15PM (#24603442)

Obviously it was a College Senior position, with the visibility of the "College" part set to hidden.

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