Lightning Talk: The Seniority Trap
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Explains why senior developers end up coding less: three ways — boredom or burnout, promotion-by-delegation that converts a developer into an unpaid project manager, and being the dependable person who always picks up extra work. Gives concrete hints: set and communicate priorities with your boss, create side roles like technical mentor or run coding dojos to stay technical, consider change jobs if the org has no senior developer track, and learn to say no.
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