alt Hacker NewsPart of the job as a senior+ is training entry/mid-level software engineers. Their job, at least part of it, is to ask questions and learn.
Part of the job as a senior+ is training entry/mid-level software engineers. Their job, at least part of it, is to ask questions and learn.
Agreed, however some teams/orgs have skewed ratios such that the senior job basically becomes fielding interrupts all day and then coding at home after dinner.
Fine if thats the job, but don't call it senior engineer and treat as an IC role that is also expected to clear lots of Jiras (hey! seniors should be able to do 3X story points if juniors are doing X.. what are we paying them for!).
A lot of "flat organizations" delude themselves with 30:1 IC:manager ratios where what's really happening under the hood is - 5 seniors on the team each fielding 5 juniors worth of interrupts all day, with 1 manager on top whack-a-moling crisis management.