You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project

Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by hollywood_court on Monday February 17, 2025 @01:13PM (#43081741)

I find this to be true in many aspects of life. Just watching how other people do things is often a huge self-esteem boost for myself.

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Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by CursedSilicon on Monday February 17, 2025 @05:22PM (#43083858)

A quip I'm often fond of that I think I stole from an old web comic eons ago

"I can't ever get even with past-me, and I'm already on thin ice with future-me"

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Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by hollywood_court on Monday February 17, 2025 @05:32PM (#43083924)

I'm doing my best to prevent myself from being on thin ice with my future-me.

I posted recently about how I divorced not too long ago. I'm in an apartment now (for the first time in 16 years) while I stack up cash to build a new house.

I always think I'm not making any progress but then I see my next door neighbors ordering DoorDash 15+ times per week, and I realize that I'm doing pretty damn good for myself.

Or I walk by the mirror and think about how I've neglected my lifting for the past 6 months while I finished up this SWE degree. But I'll see those same neighbors struggle to walk up the stairs and I again realize that I'm making some awesome choices compared to those two folks.

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