1. Using Knowledge as Influence
The speaker explains: effective senior developers avoid appealing to titles or power, instead using knowledge as their primary form of influence by understanding the why behind their work.
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0:22 · 3 April 2024
How Senior Developers Influence Others
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developers want automatically respect you. They will try to challenge you in technical discussions and they will try to challenge you in code reviews. The best senior developers out there, they don't appeal to their titles, they don't appeal to their power, but they use their influence. The best kind of influence, it's knowledge. And that's why as a senior developer you should put time into understanding the why behind what you do.