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> What does the unit "year of experience" represent, and is it comparable across domains?

In my opinion, "years of experience" should not be disqualified as one of multiple evaluation tools for skill. I think it signifies that you have had the opportunity to go through a variety of situations, challenges, projects etc. and you have accumulated knowledge and experience that cannot be learned by reading tutorials or working on side projects.

From personal experience and by talking to and working with other much more experienced engineers than me, I have noticed that some of the most important knowledge is obtained just by working on something for a longer amount of time.

Obviously, there are many exceptions to this rule, there are engineers with years and years of experience that are just bad at what they do. What I am trying to say is that this tool for evaluation should not be discarded.

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This is exactly it. This guy is just ignorant. He wanted this job, hoping it would „make him a better developer“.

But was shocked they consider a senior dev someone who had many jobs that made him a better developer.

WTF?

Soon we need Senior+ and Senior++ levels, if anyone can be senior.

The seniors i have seen, in my decade of programming, scare the shit out of me and make me feel like i just hello worlded into programming.