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Ask HN: How to learn software development concepts crucial for senior roles?

25 points swirly-mcswirl | 4 comments | 15 Nov 24 07:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Hi HN, I'm working at an early stage startup, and want to learn about concepts and patterns that are crucial for senior roles, like: - Batch Processing - Messaging Queues - Microservices - Design Patterns - Which techniques to apply while working on a task - Properly debugging

Is there any online resource or somewhere I can see this in practice? Or any newsletter, youtube channel that discusses this in detail?

My go to sources are open source repositories where I try to understand the code bases and some PRs. But I feel overwhelmed with the resources.

1. 2rsf ◴[15 Nov 24 09:48 UTC] No.42145369[source]▶
Seniority is about breadth and nor depth. While having good knowledge in many areas is important the magic in being a senior is knowing how to put everything together, communication and integration with other teams, bridging the business and technical etc.
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2. hcfman ◴[15 Nov 24 11:45 UTC] No.42146052[source]▶
Except that it’s not recognised by corporations anyway. Too expensive.
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3. 2rsf ◴[15 Nov 24 12:02 UTC] No.42146141[source]▶
What do you mean? most companies' job leveling matrices have that, and many times this is what differentiate a talented engineer to a senior engineer in practice.
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4. infamouscow ◴[15 Nov 24 15:10 UTC] No.42147592{3}[source]▶
Every company has a completely different notion of what each level does.

People like to debate this because they built an ego around working for a title at some megacorp by way of politics. These people are also completely oblivious to how the CTO also promoted their non-technical pal from high school to senior principle staff architect.