Muddling Through The Middle Bits: what comes after Junior and before Senior
summary
An iOS developer from Detroit Labs describes moving from apprenticeship to five years in and calls the middle years a messy transition where asking how becomes asking what and why, urging a release the suck mindset and spending from a growing bank of experience. Cites startling numbers: 32% of women feel stalled, 48% of black women do, over half of women leave mid-career despite 80% loving the work, and computing has only 3% Latina and 1% Black women — so mentorship, amplification, and visible decision-making matter.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 1:59How I Stopped Being A Junior Developer
- 20:48Mentorship Doesn't Work
- 21:23Stereotype Threat
- 25:22Junior devs need to build trust in others Mid-career devs need to build trust in ourselves
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