NUMBER ONE Trait of a Senior Developer - Do you have it?

Want to know what warrants being a Senior Developer? In this video, I'll share what I think is the number one trait of Senior Developers and share a few stories of how I've recognized this in other people throughout my career.

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[christerjohanzzon]

The senior dev is one that remains calm and collected while junior devs is running around the office screaming in panic.

[rohitkhanna]

I beleive the statement "going from writing code that works to writing code that team can use" sums it all. Its deep yet subtle.
That's my takeaway from this.

Thanks for sharing.

[seanknowles]

Honest about his/her limitations, approachable, able to mentor and enable the team while being a great communicator.

[tobyzieglerrr]

True and i would add a social component to this: Seniors communicate and mentor to Juniors and Mediator Level developers and they need to so this out of their nature. Not everyone has these social capabilities but many still think they are senior.

[ChaosArtist]

Thanks for sharing this insight. The ability to break a big problem into it's smaller component parts is something that I think takes time, practice and help from people with experience.

[quiet_right]

Nice project structure, seems almost perfect and easy to understand.

[moofymoo]

philosophy about titles is nice, but on practical side,
step 1. - find out what is definition of "senior developer" title in company you work,
step 2. - work on skills you lack,
step 3. - get that title (and pay raise).

[danielledeveloper]

Love the point about being about to break things down into simple parts that everyone can understand. Very helpful ☺️🙏🏽

[techNutt]

That is a nice breakdown James. I believe that experience in any professional environment where problems are solved and objections (Bugs or otherwise) are overcame, will be of great benefit for this position. Ability to clearly communicate with the entire team, regardless of their technical background or lack thereof seems as though it twould be the most crucial part. Thanks for your insight. I appreciate the time taken to produce the content that you provide us all. God bless James. Be well and be safe.

[troubleMakesThree]

I agree that code separation is very important, but I'd like to suggest that the most important trait of a senior dev is clear communication. I've worked with many very talented engineers who had no issues with code delegation, but their communication skills were so poor that they were not effective as senior developers.

[dayonaiso]

Wow I think that is a great way to see how you can differentiate a Senior dev. It is so helpful to have smaller pieces so you can edit, debug or even explain the code to your team.
Great content James, greetings from Costa Rica ✌🏼

[basarat]

"Experience" 🌹. Its sad, but true ❤️

[rinotovar]

Thank you for giving this knowledge for free.

[Learnbynet]

Q: What NUMBER ONE Trait of a Senior Developer ?
R: You will never know and you should never know 🤓
"A senior knows that he is very far from mastering everything.
A beginner thinks he mastered all."

[JohnAlamina]

I do enjoy your videos. This one made me subscribe. Do you think you can do one on Tech Lead, Principal Developer and Software Architect

[aperezNWO]

Dear Sir

Currently I am searching for a dev job, and your advice changed my perspective.


Thank you very much

[novailoveyou]

This is inspiring! I'm really excited to share a way of structuring nextjs project that I found really practical. Gives you a way to quickly work with the project even when you just started out with it. Also provides great scalability. I'll make a video about it maybe in a week

[billyclabough]

S.O.L.I.D and Clean Code:
Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design by Robert C. Martin

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin

[delletran]

Hi James, could you make another video of a project refactoring for components and logic. Appreciate it man.

[drewstifler]

Hi james, mind if you make a video regarding the folder structure that you do with your projects? Thanks.