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thankful69 | 3 years ago

I never called myself a "junior" engineer, even at the beginning of my career, that is lowballing yourself at best. You are an engineer with 6 moths or one year, etc... of experience. You need to sell yourself to employers, clients, etc... no one will advocate for your success or a fair compensation. If you are really unexperienced, let the interviewer to assess that fact. No need to lie on your resume or interviews, just don't put yourself in a position where recruiters/hiring managers will have very easy to give you a worst compensation for the same work you would otherwise do at a better rate.

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EgoIsMyFriend|3 years ago

this.

people need to value themselves based on how much value they can bring to a company, not if they have x year experience writing js syntax.

racl101|3 years ago

Well said.

Giving yourself the junior dev label just makes it easier for them to place you in an unwanted pile.