What it means to be a Senior - EMx 186

<div class="trix-content"> <div>In this episode of the Mix the panelists talk about Seniority. They lay out their own personal journeys towards getting a senior title and how they define seniority for themselves - especially how it goes beyond the ability to write code well.<br><br> </div><div>Among other things they discuss:<br><br> </div><ul> <li>how to become fluent in reading and writing code</li> <li>how side projects are useful but not required to become a great developer</li> <li>how senior developers tend to approach problem solving and how to get better at that</li> <li>how interpersonal skills play at least an equal role as technical knowledge</li> <li>how specific tech know-how becomes less and less important the further developers climb the ladder - at least the managerial ladder</li> <li>how organizational structures cannot be ignored when building solutions</li> </ul><div>They close with some picks which they deem valuable for anybody who'd like to dig deeper into some of these ideas.<br><br> </div><div>Connect with Adi <a href="mailto:aditya7iyengar@gmail.com">aditya7iyengar@gmail.com</a><br><br>Sponsors</div><ul> <li><a href="https://topenddevs.com/">Top End Devs</a></li> <li><a href="https://topenddevs.com/coaching">Coaching | Top End Devs</a></li> </ul><div><br></div><h1>Links</h1><ul> <li><a href="https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/are-we-really-engineers/">Are We Really Engineers? * Hillel Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks/">Seven Languages in Seven Weeks</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_law">Conway's law - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://teamtopologies.com/">Team Topologies</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-little-elixir-and-otp-guidebook">The Little Elixir &amp; OTP Guidebook</a></li> </ul><div><br></div><h1>Picks</h1><ul> <li>Adi- <a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-little-elixir-and-otp-guidebook">The Little Elixir &amp; OTP Guidebook</a> </li> <li>Adi- <a h