Senior Engineers Aren't Better Than You
Thanks to BetterHelp for sponsoring this video: betterhelp.com/namanhkapur // Senior engineers aren't that good, and they definitely aren't much better than you. In many ways, they are just as clueless, so stop feeling like an imposter and instead focus your energy on being uncomfortable, since that's the best way to grow and move up the ranks. Remember that senior engineers were just like you at one point, junior and out of their depth. With enough time, patience, and experience, they were able to level up and so can you!
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0:00 - Senior Engineers Aren't Better Than You
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"I don't know jack" is what I tell junior engineers I happen to work on projects with. I take them through my workflow on building stuff which involves a lot of research in documentations and stackoverflowing. I think that boosts their confidence. I have seen most of them build scary complex stuff without supervision after that.
that’s so dope
Well done I'm on the path to senior from my manager and this is so true. Better to be confident about what you know you don't know and are willing to learn/committed to
let’s goooooooo
"Senior Engineers" do not even make sense anymore in 90% of companies. What I learnt is that every company has their own version of what a "Senior" engineer is. You can be a senior in your own company but that can also mean jack shit in another company. Domain knowledge is so important that most devs will get promoted to Senior purely on having massive domain knowledge. Nowadays I just see it as a spectrum. Everyone is just a developer to me, and they all have different levels of experience. Working in a single company for 15 years with the title "Senior Engineer" means nothing to me anymore. You are just a developer with some experience and most likely tons of domain knowledge for that specific company.
15 years in the same IT company is alot... I hope this company has a lot of projects. 😂😂😂😂😂 If they don't have new product to challenges the people, this guy are working to keep the code legacy. Confort zone and you as a developer stop learning New things.
Wisdom that is beautiful explained and well put! Thanks!
The way you think resonates so much with my own thinking. I am a senior engineer but I completely agree with what you said. Nobody has it all figured out. The best engineers know that there's someone better than them at a particular task/tech. And it's that thought, coupled with curiosity, eagerness to learn, create impact, that keeps pushing them forward towards excellence.
growth mindset 🫡
True! love the content!
thanks!!
Great info!
thanks!!
Amazing info!!
thanks for watching!
nice video, i have arrived are similar conclusions in my journey so far and it's a great mindset to finding success.
ozair!!
The video I needed to watch . Thank you 🙏🏾 😅
thanks for watching!
I was a ct tech with 15 years experience --all the other ct techs can do what I do but where I shined was my stress level was very low-because I've seen so much during my time doing er work
Awesome video. Keep up the job. Also u don't always need to explain ur self.
haha gotta keep it spicy with the controversy
You're literally my tech big bro😊❤ thank you much your explanation couldn't be more clear than that😅
i gotchu man
I'm all over the place on this. I'm a lower-intermediate dev, and I feel like I generally know what I'm doing. By that, I mean I can stumble into something I don't know much about and figure it out. The seniors I work with, just from talking to them, still feel the same way, they're just faster at it since they're less likely to be starting from zero knowledge on any particular problem. So, from that point of view, I totally think I have what it takes to be a senior one day - experience and a continued willingness to just keep figuring stuff out. It's the interview process that fucks with me lol.
interviews are hard i feel you, but you can def be a senior dev, just need more time and experience
I didn't know I needed this video.
thoughts?
@@namanhkapur The distinction between internal and external confidence just put me at ease with myself. - I always felt this but couldn't understand it before stumbling upon this video.
Bro I completed python django and I know some basic html i completed django project to do list app but I applied 10 companies a day no one calling when I look skills different companies have different requirement like containerisation deploy using ec2 monogob I feel frustrated 😢
What should I do as a mid dev with three years of backend / integration experience in Ruby on Rails. I want to be able to find another job and hopefully in another language. I feel as though I’m hyper specialised in integrations.
three years is pretty good in this market, i’d just apply for general software engineering roles - they shouldn’t care about programming language
loveddddd ittt
thanks homie
Wow, such a thought-provoking video! It's all about growth mindset, transparency, and continuous improvement. We're all just trying to figure it out together.
glad you enjoyed
They have just, "Failed a lot!"
giggling listening to you addressing the haters, I didn't even know people were upset like that, your videos are awesome man
haha thanks for being here
Thanks for always being real.
thanks for watching
People always complain just ignore the noise
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based namanh
Nice vid :)
much love
Who cares what it means, "fake it until you make it" is so true! Devin hasn't graduated from his Computer Science degree yet, but when he does, boy its over!
devin won’t take over don’t worry
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Spend time in industry doesnt make a profesional achieve the seniority know-how. Or the best performance because it depend in your interest to grow up. I start a KZhead channel to exactly talk about my experience in IT industry and to share my opnion. 😂
If I ever get 30 years of experience I've been working too long 😂 And "internal confidence" is more like "self-regard" that you maintain, while being able to take feedback. It's easier to take feedback with self-regard, because you know that needing feedback doesn't automatically make you a bad person.
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:) thanks for the call out! I wish I could remember where I got that quote from but I'm glad I can help pass it along!
Just one of the many pearls of wisdom from THE @JadaEbong 2:45
ah so glad you commented again, what a gem of a phrase
Ahh man I definitely sound like a hater from the comment I left. Wanted to clarify, my team was trying to find a principal engineer with a distributed system specialty and it was obvious that the engineers that we interviewed did not have it even if their resume stated otherwise.
There are lots of jobs that only exist to pay people more money but require no extra skill whatsoever
why do you think that is
@@namanhkapur because boomers are in a cult and love to abuse their employees
say it ain't so, I will not go. Turn the lights off...
carry me home
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Good video and overall message in life in general. Anyone reacting n flaming ar e of adolescent mindset like typical " snowflakes" . Any wise person knows you can always improve n are always a student to LIFE N LEARNING. Take off the pride hat of ignorance
exactly
Sir do you earn 200k dollars a year? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.
maybe
Senior Software Engineers Aren't Better Than ME*** Speak for yourself
speaking for you too
@@namanhkapur 🤣 i liked your first couple of videos visiting campuses, hqs and hub spots, asking dope questions but this new content lame af. Many others and i can easily see through the 'Dunning-Kruger' smoke and noise bro. Your energy from earlier videos of wanting to learn and share with your audience to now trying to 'teach' and give 'advice/analysis' weak and not convincing. I'd just stick to entertainment. a lot of people dont look for advice from people less successful than them.....respectfully
[nit] disagree. as a senior engineer i am better than you. (senior engineer btw. haven't finished video btw) /s
i like the confidence
I would be careful denigrating senior engineers. Specialized fields (networking, control systems, graphics, machine learning…) rely on senior engineers as subject matter experts. Saying the people who built Starlink, built graphics engines, built web browsers are not ‘that good’ is disrespectful- you should aspire to have the same skill and ability as these folks if you are taking your engineering career seriously
did you watch the whole video lol