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Re:Lessons learned since posting my salary history publicly by saagarjha on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:05AM (#33174185)
"Senior" doesn't mean "master". It just means you're capable of leading projects on your own of reasonable size. The terms we use for people who have truly mastered their field are things like "technical fellow" or "distinguished engineer". (And, FWIW, people can reach "senior" far earlier than 6 years of work experience.)
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Re:Lessons learned since posting my salary history publicly by zimpenfish on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:30AM (#33174350)
> It just means you're capable of leading projects on your own of reasonable size.

That's a "team lead" which is a particular skill of its own - I'm definitely a senior (age, experience, skills, breadth of knowledge, etc.) but absolutely not a "team lead" (or any kind of management) because that is a skill that eludes my brain.

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Re:Lessons learned since posting my salary history publicly by soco on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:38AM (#33174399)
A team lead is not a project manager which is not a technical lead. These are mostly disjoint sets of skills, which may or may not have disjoint roles in a particular org.
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