I'm in the UK which I've heard does titles a little differently, but quite a few of my coworkers (and I) got senior in 5-7 years. A couple got principle in ten!
If you do senior work, you should be getting senior pay. Who cares how long you've been at it? People for sure get misplaced in roles that dont fit them but I rly do not think years is the issue here
Is it? At my software company for engineers it goes Associate - (No Title) - Senior - Staff - Principal, without going into Manager roles. I'd be pretty surprised if someone had 10 years of experience and wasn't a Senior level.
Years are not an indicator of experience nor skill. The industry needs to stop regarding how long you've been here when considering roles. It's not about 'putting in the time'. It's about skill and experience maturity. Some people reach that in 5 years, others in 20.
Senior doesn't refer to a timeframe, per se. It generally refers to a hierarchical role. But it doesn't take much time for one to gather the tool required to be "senior" for sure.
Seniority is also not about hierarchy. Seniority is about responsibility and ownership. A Jr programmer, for example, will often need guidance and direction from a senior programmer but that's not because of hierarchy or time.
LOL, yeah I don't subscribe to that particular brand of tomfoolery either. There is a lot juniors can teach seniors, and vise versa. If you try and look at it through a lens of mentorship, thats not a good look either. Jr, Sr. Lead/Principal are just titles, are they are purely hierarchical.
What's the correct amount of years of experience? At most places here in the U.S. ten years would mean you'd stop getting anything but cost of living raises for years, as you'd be at the top of your salary band. There's also levels beyond senior.
Typically its specalisation, in my industry 10 years typically is roughly the time to become senior without job hopping but a lot of it is mindset based. After that progression is either leadership or deep technical understanding
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What's that say about attrition in IT? 😅
I'm asking just to have a clear picture.
10y is 25% of industry existance.
Very quickly evolving industry.
5y exp. used to qualify for senior and in hayday I saw positions requiring 3y
But still: 5y exp. in industry that have so much unicorns and new tach/dogmas is in many cases more that 15-20y in more stale environment