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Nothing, absolutely nothing. The title has been so over used it is meaningless. I have seen people with less than 2 years experience claim senior developer while the same title may be applied to someone with 20 years experience.
As for your frustration you can always... no I'm not going there!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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It's like being a "manager" in a shoe shop.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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I have been hired at two different jobs as the sole SW developer on a team of engineers. I was therefore, by default, "the Senior SW Dev" (and referred to myself as such on a few unguarded occasions). Of course, I was also the Junior SW Dev too (but let's not go there).
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They should have the ability Meow like a cat, bark like a dog, fly like ninja ... 
On a serious note, I expect he/she should have the ability to mentor, know the subject matter, explain the pros and cons of doing something...
I'm junior with few years of experience. I'm met few exceptionally(relative to my knowledge) good as well as dumbest(they might be smart on their own way) seniors.
On the CP side, it reflects the same way as of the above. That what I observed so far...
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Vander Wunderbar wrote: have the ability to mentor, know the subject matter, explain the pros and cons of doing something...
yes ... often being presented with n-ways of doing something, knowing why/why-not for some of them should fall into 'senior' titles, not just because 'its cool/because we can', but "it fits with the business, now and in the future"
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Blinding light from coke bottle glasses.
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You question requirements and not just do as spec says
You know how to investigate application issue. You know problem is not always code
You have few languages/tools under your belt
You waste some time learning some tool/language that is of no immediate use to you
You don't post in Q/A asking for "give me code"
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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virang_21 wrote: You don't post in Q/A asking for "give me code"
Best response ever 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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It's definitely not knowledge base where I work. I know a few "Senior" developers who write null checks even for non-nullable types. And upon asking they claim that to be a safe practice. 
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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C knowledge.
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It means you're still expected to code, sometimes.
Whatever they call me ... I no longer do "on-call". Ever.
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Sumuj John wrote: or something else
What you can get in terms of a salary or hourly consulting rate.
As to what "senior" means to me, it's a few things:
- the ability to quickly understand the business model
- review processes and suggest process changes, separate from any software solution, but also including recommendations on how to roll out a new software solution with minimal friction
- deliver working software on time and in budget, and if not, determine this early and suggest options.
and so forth. Senior reflects the ability to problem solve, not just code against a spec that's so well defined for junior person that a senior person could have just written the code.
Marc
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Walmart only allows 32 items in your shopping cart. Not 32 unique items, but 32 total using the quantities. Weird.
So, I made 2 back to back orders.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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May be they want to ease the packaging process by limiting the number of items as single order. Doesn't make sense though.
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RyanDev wrote: Walmart
Well, there's your problem!
(They also own ASDA in the UK, and they aren't half bad. The food side at least is pretty good, both for quality and price. But... People Of Walmart[^])
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: ... People Of Walmart[^])
Ya, they do attract a certain breed. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: Ya, they do attract a people who certainly shouldn't breed.
FTFY
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OriginalGriff wrote: They also own ASDA in the UK, and they aren't half bad.
They're simply great! The cheapest place around and the quality is fairly good. When I spend time in London I usually do the grocery there.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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Isn't it funny too, that they used a "programmer's number"?
Why, yes, 32 is a perfectly normal number. It's a nice binary number : 100000
Why not 30 or 40?
Or even a number like: 24, 36, 144? That's how most things are packaged (in twelves)
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raddevus wrote: That's how most things are packaged (in twelves)
And annoying it is as well: hotdogs are sold in jars (or tins) of 6, but the buns? Packs of 8...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Your lucky there must have been 2 associates available. Finger and Toes,...Fingers and Toes!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Mike Hankey wrote: Finger and Toes,...Fingers and Toes!
Certainly couldn't have used teeth.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: Certainly couldn't have used teeth.
That's why not many murders are solved in the south...Can't use DNA or dental records.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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