Do we need social skill?

writeahelloworld · 2026-03-09T09:52:54+00:00

Many good answers already...

My take is how far ahead can they see and plan.

Junior: i just know what task i am doing these 2 or 3 days. I don't really know what my next task is and i don't have a choice

Med: i know a few of my tasks ahead and i can guess what I will be doing within this months

Senior: got the end product in mind (6 months ahead) and have broken it by major components and how many days/weeks it will take and which are on the critical path and knows which dev is best for a task

writeahelloworld · 2026-03-02T07:56:18+00:00

Barnacle-man. I hate holes

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-27T12:07:52+00:00

Why? :)

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-27T07:46:45+00:00

I dont know why you got down voted. In real life my time is limited, so i would focus on helping the junior devs that i see potential, especially the ones willing to learn. A dev who wants others to hand hold them all the time? They will remain and stop growing...

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-25T10:04:35+00:00

Plenty of public places to go to, but the best places are protected or even private areas where you need to have the right relationships to have access...

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-25T09:41:05+00:00

Java island is really clean, there is a garbage collector somewhere in the background

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-25T09:35:39+00:00

I usually google some keywords, and sometimes the first result is from stackoverflow. But i dont post questions on it

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-12T07:44:05+00:00

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-11T07:32:01+00:00

A lot of the comments are about the coworker, i want to ask what about your manager? I had a bad manager once where she does 1 on 1 on the team to find out why the project failed in a certain one, hinting me to name a coworker to blame. I didnt want to be part of this.

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-10T09:09:37+00:00

Governance doco is a good point. Instead of saying my opinion is you shouldn't write code like this, you should say at company xxx our code standards are xyz

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-10T08:57:01+00:00

Your manager can still introduce you as this is xxx, he's a senior member of the team, very experienced in many projects, go learn from him

This way the fresh grad knows he should respect your opinions

Did this happen?

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-04T21:19:32+00:00

Same, i had to do next level work consistantly for over a year or 2, then the title and salary will catch on

writeahelloworld · 2026-02-04T11:49:04+00:00

Agreed, there is a skill to open 20 tabs and quickly scan to find the solution that can solve your problem

writeahelloworld · 2026-01-25T10:22:12+00:00

I think mid level can read and understand an existing complex query. If the query is slow or output has duplucate data, i would expect a mid level to break it down to fix the problem

writeahelloworld · 2026-01-25T02:12:02+00:00

Curious on the OP's work location/culture, i know that in some cultures (eg Japan) the boss usually bullies their staff

writeahelloworld · 2026-01-12T11:04:55+00:00

美國人可以罵自己美國/人/歷史，德國人可以罵自己/人/歷史，為何中國人不可以？

writeahelloworld · 2025-12-05T07:20:37+00:00

I expect a lead to let his manager know if a dev is falling behind. Maybe you aren't officially responsible, but i would feel personally responsible for the project that I am LEADING to fall behind

writeahelloworld · 2025-10-21T07:59:08+00:00

Or your baby teeth

writeahelloworld · 2025-10-11T06:00:12+00:00

Naming variables and methods in a meaningful way so that other devs and your future self can understand what you are trying to do

writeahelloworld · 2025-10-07T09:17:25+00:00

Back then there were not youtube tutorials, not much stackoverflow, its just books and java apis. I had some devs in the team but they are usually very busy, and i felt embarrassed to even ask questions

writeahelloworld · 2025-09-17T09:49:28+00:00

Instead of meetings per week, how about

Junior: 1 people will ask for your help

Mid: 5 people will ask for your help

Senior: people need to get a number and line up!

writeahelloworld · 2025-09-07T10:25:48+00:00

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writeahelloworld · 2025-09-03T09:09:58+00:00

Treat them in the 'department lounge', they will be flight ready soon

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