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The Software Engineer's Guidebook
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook

by Gergely Orosz
June 2023
Beginner
403 pages
11h 38m
English
Pragmatic Engineer BV
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PART TWO

THE COMPETENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Software development is a craft that takes years to master. Every engineering leader understands this, as do leaders of tech companies. Better companies put reasonable expectations in place for entry-level software developers and for the levels below senior developer, and senior engineer.

Titles for software developers typically vary. The most common ones are:

  • Software Engineer (SWE,) SWE 2 (most of Big Tech and many startups/scaleups)
  • Developer, Software developer (SDE,) SDE 2 (traditional companies, some startups and some scaleups)
  • Member of Technical Staff (MTS.) Some companies founded between the 1970s and 1990s took this title from the iconic Bell Labs, which gave it to senior ...
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