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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by koonsolo on Thursday December 16, 2021 @05:15PM (#29584743)
Seasoned expert here. I think your reasoning is just wishfull thinking.

What if the seasonal expert is the 5 minutes work person, and the juniors the 5 hour work people (yeah, I said 4 hours because I don't believe any developer can output 6+ hours per day consistently)

On the other hand, as a seasoned expert, I sometimes solve an issue in 5 minutes which took a junior a day to still not figure it out.

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by winterplace on Thursday December 16, 2021 @05:47PM (#29585039)
How many years of experience would you put to seasoned expert?
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by koonsolo on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:19AM (#29588560)
I have 18 years of professional experience (after getting my Masters degree in CS), so I would count that as seasoned :).

I think 15 years would do, to be named a such.

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by gassiss on Thursday December 16, 2021 @06:22PM (#29585426)
at one point you had to work hard to learn the things that you did, no chance you're a seasoned expert working 5 minutes per day
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by koonsolo on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:33AM (#29588662)
No that is true and I definitely agree with that.

I guess you end up in a 5 minute job when your work is really boring.

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