Becoming a CodingKage: The Senior's Path

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1. @VontaJamal
2. Senior Fullstack Engineer DeVonta Johnson Teacher @VontaJamal
3. BECOMING A CODING KAGE THE SENIOR’S PATH @VontaJamal
4. Mission Objectives One - Road to Coding Kage Two - The Senior’s Path Three - Senior Skill Showcase @VontaJamal
5. WHAT’S A KAGE? • Naruto reference • Kage -> Leader in the Village • Senior Developers - Leaders on the team @VontaJamal
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7. Rank Expectations Perception Influence IMPACT @VontaJamal
8. ENGINEERING LEVELS 1 Junior (Genin) 2 Mid-Level (Chūnin) 3 Senior (Jōnin) 4 Staff (Kage) @VontaJamal
9. 1 2 3 4 Junior (Genin) Mid-Level (Chūnin) Senior (Jōnin) Staff (Kage) 65k 76k 124k 150k ENGINEERING LEVELS w/ SALARY @VontaJamal
10. TITLES ACROSS COMPANIES (Chūnin) @VontaJamal
11. TITLES ACROSS COMPANIES (Kage) Netflix Google @VontaJamal
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14. THE FOCUSING QUESTION @VontaJamal
15. THE CAREER FOCUSING QUESTION What’s the ONE Thing I can do in my software development career such that by doing it everything else is easier or unnecessary? @VontaJamal
16. Reach Senior Level @VontaJamal
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18. SUPER SAIYAN REGULAR Obvious when it happens Not so obvious SENIOR LEVEL MID-LEVEL @VontaJamal
19. -Marco Rogers Senior is the only level that anyone understands. @VontaJamal
20. -I said that Senior is the only level that (almost) everyone agrees on @VontaJamal
21. SENIOR DEVELOPER EXPECTATIONS •Technical expertise •Clear communication across teams •Team-wide impact @VontaJamal
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24. MINDSETS TO ADAPT •User-Centric mindset •Product-Centric mindset @VontaJamal
25. USER CENTRIC MINDSET An approach in which the needs, wants, and limitations of end users of a product or service are given extensive attention at each stage of the development process. @VontaJamal
26. PRODUCT CENTRIC MINDSET A mindset that focuses on developing newer and more advanced products. These products may or may not meet customer needs. @VontaJamal
27. USER CENTRIC SCENARIO - CODE REVIEW! POV: Younger me has sent in some code for review @VontaJamal
28. Check out the code! @VontaJamal
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30. WHAT IS THE ISSUE? @VontaJamal
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32. Check out the update! @VontaJamal
33. A SENIOR SOLUTION @VontaJamal
34. PRODUCT CENTRIC SCENARIO - PAIR PROGRAMMING POV: Younger me has asked to pair program @VontaJamal
35. LEVEL 1 - ASYNC FUNCTION @VontaJamal
36. LEVEL 2 - ASYNC FUNCTION W/ ERROR HANDLING @VontaJamal
37. LEVEL 3 - H I GHER ORDER FUNCTION W/ ERROR HANDLING @VontaJamal
38. LEVEL 4 -  CUSTOM ERROR HANDLING @VontaJamal
39. LEVEL 5 - ADDED NOTIFICATIONS @VontaJamal
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41. HAVING AN IMPACT 1. Faster notifications to team 2. Quicker customer responses 3. Easier debugging 4. Creating for others 5. Error Prioritization @VontaJamal
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43. THREE BIG IDEAS • Research the path you want to take in your career and adapt the mindset to achieve it. • Reaching the senior level is your biggest objective. • Being a contributor that positively impacts your team and others is how you show you’re on that next level. @VontaJamal
44. Shorten your own journey learning the lessons it took me my career to learn @VontaJamal
45. RESOURCES The Staff Engineers Path - Tanya Reilly The Coding Career Handbook - Shawn Wang Levels.fyi - Title/Salary Comparison @VontaJamal
46. IT TAKES A VILLAGE Mark Techson Beez Will Johnson James Quick @VontaJamal
47. @VontaJamal Thank you for listening! Go BECOME a coding-kage!