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Re:Ask HN: Washed out PHP Dev – What to do next? by Clubber on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @11:41PM (#38790123)
>Honest question: how are you a junior to mid junior after working for 5+ years?

Not the OP, but it's easy to get in a maintenance rut in larger companies where you don't really learn much, and what you do learn is obsolete or getting there simply due to time.

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Re:Ask HN: Washed out PHP Dev – What to do next? by qup on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:10AM (#38790270)
Also not the OP, but it's easy to just have impostor syndrome.

Some shops also don't use those titles, and they vary by shop anyway, and so he may just not know exactly how to describe his ability level.

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