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Posted by Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

Jr. Developer to Senior Developer

Just an open discussion because a lot of people may be pondering on these questions.

how much experience do you need to consider yourself a junior developer?

Does a college degree in CS automatically qualify you as a jr. Developer ?

If so, what about the developers who don't have a degree?

If you are a junior developer when can you label yourself as a senior developer?

How do you know when you are job ready if you just started with treehouse?

2 Answers

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

No college degree qualifies you as a developer. Degrees are almost useless for development when you have sites like Treehouse. I read an interesting article the other day about the majority of CS students graduating and trying to get a job in the valley. Most of them could not get hired anywhere since the employers wanted to see work vs a degree. Would you hire someone with a degree or the high school dropout with an amazing portfolio? Most companies want to see a portfolio and that you can actually develop.

The biggest differences IMO of junior and senior devs was covered in depth in this stack overflow question.

http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/14914/whats-the-difference-between-entry-level-jr-sr-developers/14972#14972

It is worth a read.

Katarzyna Cabaj
Katarzyna Cabaj
416 Points

Thanks for that! It is good that you do not have to spend loads of money on the uni degree but only work hard and develop.

Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

Thanks, ill check it out.

Lee Reynolds Jr.
Lee Reynolds Jr.
5,160 Points

I know that this isn't related but Can you show me how you got your profile picture to be a gif?

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

Lee Reynolds Jr. I just uploaded a gif.

Lee Reynolds Jr.
Lee Reynolds Jr.
5,160 Points

Makes sense haha thanks