What's a Senior Developer?

All companies out there have Senior Developers or Engineers, but how does our industry define what 'senior' means?
And how do you reach seniority in this profession? What is the path to follow?

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1. // WHAT’S A SENIOR DEVELOPER? Luis G. Valle @lgvalle
2. IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS (1818–1865)
3. 3 MATERNITY FIRST CLINIC DOCTORS AND STUDENTS 33% MATERNITY SECOND CLINIC MIDWIVES 4%
4. 4 MATERNITY FIRST CLINIC DOCTORS AND STUDENTS MATERNITY SECOND CLINIC MIDWIVES
5. Women who receive more visits from doctors and students die more “
6. 6 AUTOPSY ROOM 19TH CENTURY
8. Committed to the mission of his position Not afraid to speak up Data to backup his statements Questioned processes and dogmatism
9. SENIOR MEANS MATURE
10. PERSONAL PRINCIPLES WORKING IN TEAMS
11. RELIABLE PERSONAL PRINCIPLES
12. ACCOUNTABLE RELIABLE PERSONAL PRINCIPLES
13. FLEXIBLE ACCOUNTABLE RELIABLE PERSONAL PRINCIPLES
14. PRAGMATIC FLEXIBLE ACCOUNTABLE RELIABLE PERSONAL PRINCIPLES
15. LEARN FROM OTHERS WORKING IN TEAMS
16. LEAD BY EXAMPLE WORKING IN TEAMS
17. BE A MENTOR WORKING IN TEAMS
18. QUESTION THE PROCESS WORKING IN TEAMS
19. IT’S YOUR CAREER
20. GOOD PRACTISES OVER TOOLS
21. THANKS! Luis G. Valle @lgvalle
22. Ten Principles for Growth as an Engineer - Dan Heller https://medium.com/@daniel.heller/ten-principles-for-growth-69015e08c35b On Being A Senior Engineer - John Alps https://www.kitchensoap.com/2012/10/25/on-being-a-senior-engineer/ Seniority - Krzysztof Zabłocki http://merowing.info/2017/01/seniority/ What Makes A Senior Software Engineer - Kurtis Nusbaum https://dev.to/klnusbaum/what-makes-a-senior-software-engineer Growing as Software Engineer - Alex Migutsky http://www.metadevelopment.io/growing-as-software-engineer/ Rethinking the Developer Career Path – Randall Koutnik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIPbE7BssOs The long Road - Sandro Mancuso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXZGBU4_aa4 The Unwritten Laws of Engineering - W.J. King (Author) & James G. Skakoon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004H1U314
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