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Things Senior Programmers Never Do

Protect your reputation by not doing these things during programming

Shalitha Suranga
Level Up Coding

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Every experienced, senior programmer started their programming career as a junior programmer with basic coding skills and foundational computer science knowledge. Junior programmers learn practical design patterns, architectural decisions, advanced programming concepts, and project domain knowledge and transition to senior programmers who understand the big picture of their software product.

Becoming a senior programmer doesn’t place a permanent badge based on your past programming experience — your seniority depends on your current work practices and the decisions you make for the software project's success. A bad decision or wrong action you deliberately make affects your seniority, so senior programmers should always be cautious with their programming activities and consequences.

In this article, we’ll discuss some things senior programmers never do to protect their reputation within the software development team. Avoid these practices and habits to become a good senior programmer and boost your career path!

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