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J. HarperA Software Engineer’s Guide to Seniorityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8783-5_6

6. Senior Responsibilities: Obligations That You Now Have As a Senior Engineer

Jocelyn Harper1  
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Wilmington, NC, USA
 

As with every other job, when you add “senior” in front of your title, not only does the money go up but so do your responsibilities . I do have to preface this chapter with the fact that you have the option to not do anything that I tell you to do. If you do not want to mentor a junior or mid-level engineer at your job, do not do that! However, successful senior software engineers that will eventually be promoted to staff and principal engineers ...

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