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I’ve decided to clean up my old saved articles a little bit. So, here’s Charity Major’s take on “the trap of prematurely senior engineer”.

It’s kinda old, but age is irrelevant on that matter, in my opinion.

In nutshell, this is the same argument about “if you’re the smartest person in a room, you’re in a wrong room”. Yet, with a better wording. Sometimes it’s very appealing to be “the smartest person”, but it also could be a trap. I like it, when it’s put this way.

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charity.wtf Questionable Advice: The Trap of The Premature Senior I’ve been at my current job for three years, and I am suddenly, accidentally, the most senior engineer on the team. I spend my days handling things like bootcamps, mentoring, architecture, an…
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