things like becoming proficient in your technology or your programming language or working on your problem solving skills i think becoming proficient in project management is also a part of this too and really just learning how to be resourceful on your own so learning how to figure out problems without much guidance without much hand-holding i think is one big differentiating factor between junior engineers and senior ones and it's a learned skill so all that said like when do you know when you're a senior software engineer like how do you know that you can like apply to those roles or like maybe even put that title in your linkedin i think to me the answer is when you own some small area of the product and you are the go-to person for something in the company at the facebook level like a small area of the the product might be something like you know the bookmarks at that on the home page like if you own that whole area and if anyone in the company's like there's a bug in this this area um like you're the go-to person then then you're probably a senior engineer so there is kind of a sense like someone has to call you a senior software engineer before you can call yourself one i think it's like a you'll know when you know kind of thing which is like again frustrating i know but it does kind of just happen i guess because the really important part is that in order to be called this i think your performance and your impact have to be objectively evaluated which it's really hard to objectively evaluate your own stuff so that's a low down on senior software engineers am i still a little frustrated about the whole thing yes of course do i wish there were more companies that actually hired junior engineers and trained them to become senior engineers because it would be an investment toward their future and the industry's future of course but this is what we're working with and i think it's important to know what's going on in order to like know how to like become a senior software engineer basically in one really really great way in order to level up your skills to become that senior software engineer is to check out the formation fellowship information is the sponsor of today's video and they have a really unique program that's helped engineers to land jobs at companies like facebook and google and lyft and twitch and airbnb so thank you so much to sophie for being in today's video and sharing her insight she's the ceo of formation actually and she knows a lot about the whole software engineering interview process and how to level up information was founded by staff level engineers like sophie and others from companies like facebook and nextdoor who conducted thousands of software engineering interviews and wanted to help prepare software engineers to perform at a fan level bar for those interviews you can apply to their fellowship through their website URL_TOKEN if you identify as someone who is an engineer with one to four years of experience who are focused on front end backend or full stack and need help training for technical interviews once you get accepted into the program you get a training plan that's personalized to your specific skill gaps with direct mentorship from super senior engineers and referrals directly into the top companies in the industry the fellowship usually lasts between three to six months and once accepted they support you unconditionally until you land your dream role of course you can do this part-time if you're currently working they also offer income sharing as an option so if you want you can pay nothing until you get a
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN the formation fellowship information is the sponsor of today's video and they have a really unique program that's helped engineers to land jobs at companies like facebook and google and lyft and twitch and airbnb so thank you so much to sophie for being in today's video and sharing her insight she's the ceo of formation actually and she knows a lot about the whole software engineering interview process and how to level up information was founded by staff level engineers like sophie and others from companies like facebook and nextdoor who conducted thousands of software engineering interviews and wanted to help prepare software engineers to perform at a fan level bar for those interviews you can apply to their fellowship through their website URL_TOKEN if you identify as someone who is an engineer with one to four years of experience who are focused on front end backend or full stack and need help training for technical interviews once you get accepted into the program you get a training plan that's personalized to your specific skill gaps with direct mentorship from super senior engineers and referrals directly into the top companies in the industry the fellowship usually lasts between three to six months and once accepted they support you unconditionally until you land your dream role of course you can do this part-time if you're currently working they also offer income sharing as an option so if you want you can pay nothing until you get a END_SPONSOR_TOKEN