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The Four Jedi (software architects) You Meet in Heaven: musings via Star Wars

*with apologies to Mitch Albom, of course. We recently got Disney+, and I finished watching The Mandalorian, and then, casting about for what else there is worthwhile, dove headlong into The Clone Wars animated series. It’s great! And somewhere deep in my subconscious, this analogy emerged.

After writing about the paths to Senior Developer, I’ve been thinking about what comes after that.…

Developer Levels: evaluating professional growth

This is one of those things that my instinct with developer levels is “I know an [X] developer when I see one” – but if you’re a developer reporting to me, that’s completely useless. It smacks of subjectivity, of hidden gatekeeping. It would be really hard to argue with me if my position is simply “you’re not it, yet”. And because I currently work with some of the absolute smartest, most skilledd…