Better to be a mature developer than a senior developer, senior software engineer and all other senior titles
I keep hearing all sorts of things about being a senior developer, senior software engineer and so on. I especially hear how people from new people to this field how they want to become a senior developer as soon as possible and how having "senior" in your title means everything. Or I hear a lot when a new team is formed that everyone wants as many "senior" developers on that team as possible. Fortunately, I learned these things mostly from other people's experiences. And I will be honest here, a lot of the things I will mention next in the post, I am guilty of too or used to be. In general everyone puts accent on being a "senior" something that knows a lot of technical things which impress other people but not many people put enough emphasis on being a grown up adult, a mature developer. Being a mature developer involves a lot of things, having technical knowledge is just a part of them. But it requires other skills and a specific personality too.