Re:What does a Principal Software Engineer do?
by monkeybutton on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:15PM
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What will you do when you're in your 50s? I've seen what happens to older developers, they're one layoff from being totally screwed. Ageism is a real problem in the industry and it motivates me to keep advancing.
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Re:What does a Principal Software Engineer do?
by CodeMage on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @11:16AM
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I don't know. I really don't, and that's scary. I've been programming since I was 7 years old, on a ZX Spectrum 48k, and now that I'm 40+, it's been a long, long time. And in all that time, I've never really wanted to be the guy who has to be responsible for a bunch of other people. All I've ever enjoyed about software development was being elbow-deep in code, and learning new things. And now that I'm older, I'm starting to get scared that the world doesn't appreciate people like that.