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gaius
on Sept 10, 2018
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Companies worry more about access to software deve...
The industry is awash with 23-year-old "senior engineers" who think senior means "on my second JS framework".
closeparen
on Sept 11, 2018
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Unless you're at the tiniest of startups, no one picks their own title.
gaius
on Sept 12, 2018
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They do on LinkedIn and on their CVs.
closeparen
on Sept 12, 2018
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I would consider it borderline fraudulent not to use the title your employer gives you when listing experience.
gaius
on Sept 12, 2018
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Nevertheless on LI it is very common for people to sprout Senior prefixes that I am certain they never had when we were cow-orkers!
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