Comments on: Junior Vs Senior Developers? http://davybrion.com/blog/2008/12/junior-vs-senior-developers/ Trying to walk that thin line between intelligence and ignorance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tex http://davybrion.com/blog/2008/12/junior-vs-senior-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-7436 Tex Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:50:42 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=777#comment-7436 Surely the term "Junior Developer" is just another term for a graduate?? I started developing after years of being in system support, and I was never referred to as a junior. I guess to summarize you have "Developers" and "Senior Developers" within a company, the difference being "Senior Developers", apart from having more development experience, are senior only through promotion/company experience/procedures etc? Further, even though I have developed for 5 years, I can always feel happy enough to ask a developer of 3 months for advice etc. In todays development/programming world, with huge resources/info through the internet etc, we cannot all be expected to know everything, there's just not the time for this. So if I think it's worth asking, whatever their experiences, I most certainly will. Surely the term “Junior Developer” is just another term for a graduate??

I started developing after years of being in system support, and I was never referred to as a junior.

I guess to summarize you have “Developers” and “Senior Developers” within a company, the difference being “Senior Developers”, apart from having more development experience, are senior only through promotion/company experience/procedures etc?

Further, even though I have developed for 5 years, I can always feel happy enough to ask a developer of 3 months for advice etc. In todays development/programming world, with huge resources/info through the internet etc, we cannot all be expected to know everything, there’s just not the time for this. So if I think it’s worth asking, whatever their experiences, I most certainly will.

]]> By: Davy Brion http://davybrion.com/blog/2008/12/junior-vs-senior-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-7105 Davy Brion Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:44:57 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=777#comment-7105 considering the fact that most of those juniors that we hire do better than a lot of seniors we all know, it does seem like a very sound financial decision to me ;) considering the fact that most of those juniors that we hire do better than a lot of seniors we all know, it does seem like a very sound financial decision to me ;)

]]> By: efdee http://davybrion.com/blog/2008/12/junior-vs-senior-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-7103 efdee Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:37:46 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=777#comment-7103 <q>The last couple of years, we’ve pretty much only hired young developers who just graduated.</q> When I was there, this seemed like more of a financial decision than anything else :-) That being said, with junior developers at least you know they're juniors. Most seniors I know are just juniors with the right age :/ The last couple of years, we’ve pretty much only hired young developers who just graduated.
When I was there, this seemed like more of a financial decision than anything else :-)

That being said, with junior developers at least you know they’re juniors. Most seniors I know are just juniors with the right age :/

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