The level "trap" of test / development programmers is not a measure of one-dimensional ability

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Preface

test / Level of development programmer " trap "

Often in the online forum to see the level of discussion programmers , Especially in job hopping information, you can see benchmarking P7, Baidu T6, tencent 3.1 Equal word , It seems that the level of large factories can become the general currency of the industry , It's similar to the score of the college entrance examination , Which file corresponds to what kind of treatment .

Some people say that the current level of programmers also began to boast , I used to think that I was a junior software engineer just after graduation , To Intermediate Software Engineer , Senior software engineer , Three or five years or more . And now I've got a business card from my colleague , Often senior development managers 、 Algorithm expert 、 Chief scientists are emerging in an endless stream .

Xiao Lu ：
I have been working overseas since graduation , His title from the beginning of the software development engineer to now full stack Development Engineer , did not “ Level ” The leap up . On the contrary, my classmates who are developing in China , A lot of them are “ total ” The level of people . After careful communication , It's no different from what you do .

I was two or three years ago , Once attached great importance to promotion in the company , It took a lot of time and energy to “ Upgrade oriented programming ”. At the time of job hopping , And they often compare different positions , Often for those titles “ noble ” My position is different . Now reflect , In fact, I fell into the trap of rank .

Is the level of programmers important

Is the level of programmers important or not ？ It doesn't matter .

Rank matters , It's because rank is often linked to your pay . Large domestic factories generally have a very stable salary system , What level represents what kind of salary 、 Stocks , Money is of course important to individuals .

Rank matters , Because it's often related to the voice of programmers . Even if Google ,Facebook Such a company , No senior software engineer （Senior Software Engineer） Before the level of , It's hard to get “ To make things ” The right to , You can't get more resources for yourself . To be able to give yourself more opportunities to perform , Of course it's important .

Rank doesn't matter , It's because rank doesn't determine your ability . You're not so skilled because you're called a senior software engineer , It's because of your skill that you may become a senior engineer . A skilled programmer is not a senior engineer , It will not affect his technical level .

Rank doesn't matter , Because levels don't limit your output . Low level programmers may only be able to do CRUD, But it is also possible to make tens of millions of users' products in startups . A high-level programmer may be in a high position , But there may be no time at all to write code .

Level is relative scarcity

The level more represents the corresponding talent in its organization 、 Scarcity in the industry , And often only internal vertical comparison , Once across organizations , Its significance is very limited .

In startups CTO, It's a big company's senior engineer （ Senior software engineer ） Birth ; And anonymous independent developers , It's also possible to become an industry giant .

In some new fields, such as the recently popular artificial intelligence , The threshold for entry is very high , Talent is scarce . Some doctoral students in famous universities may become “ senior ”、“ Senior ”AI The engineer .

relatively speaking , For example, the threshold of front calculation is not high , And technology is changing . So the former engineer may need many years of accumulation , That's what I can say “ Pass through the hall into the inner chamber ”.

Level is not the ability to measure a single dimension

Everyone has what they are good at and what they are not , If we can develop our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, we will get twice the result with half the effort , On the contrary, blind pursuit is not suitable for their own senior level , Half the work . See your strengths and weaknesses , Looking for the most suitable space to play , This upgrade will go a lot better .

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