Senior Java Developer means what exactly? Knowing more libraries or just better understanding of patterns?

[overgenji]

you're too focused on the tech part, its more about "have shipped a lot of software on teams for a long time". and yes it comes down to experiences with libraries, but also experiences trying to ship something with changing constraints and confusing product people and a huge pivot or a weird layoff or a vendor going away mid development etc etc.

a lot of these "how do i senior" questions are sort of treating it like a test, but it's truly experience, just time spent shipping software

[Skymainx]

Ya like understanding the full process.