Don't forget CIO, for when you are too old to be a senior developer. Regards
Sean Cross CIO Catalyst Risk Management From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of John Bird Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2009 4:07 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] [Off topic] Senior developer >From what I have seen its when programmers decide to become politicans in >their own realm and promote or market themselves. You can be any of Programmer Programmer/Analyst Busines software solutions System programmer Senior programmer Senior Developer Senior Systems Developer Systems Architect Software Architect Senior Software Architect ....and the list goes on. I worked in an office a few years ago where all the programmers had given themselves titles like the last few. I am personally unsure of the merit of self appointed titles - it does however raise the programmers dilemma: Is it better to rate oneself or be rated by management people above who have usually only a vague and inaccurate idea of how good someone really is? Both have to be risky ventures with unpredictable accuracy. Personally I have always been happy to called myself a (lowly) Programmer/Support person because a good half of the best ideas I have had for software have come when I actually do face to face support for real users, watching them break or stress or show the bottlenecks in the stuff I have written. John
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