agreed. Of the two software teams I've been on everyone has been a "senior". Some were fresh seniors, and some more staff. I've always been the most junior on the team.
2 devs on teach team were truly 10x before AI; each has 15-25 yrs of exp on very small teams, great at so many things: code - infra - linux internals - networking - incredible debugging skills - keep up with good practices - great docs - and desire to do things the "right way" - IQ + horsepower.
The other good senior devs may do some of those things.
My title is Senior 2 b/c I negotiated a raise during interview, but am mid-level at best. Now laid off.
2 devs on teach team were truly 10x before AI; each has 15-25 yrs of exp on very small teams, great at so many things: code - infra - linux internals - networking - incredible debugging skills - keep up with good practices - great docs - and desire to do things the "right way" - IQ + horsepower.
The other good senior devs may do some of those things.
My title is Senior 2 b/c I negotiated a raise during interview, but am mid-level at best. Now laid off.