As a swe of 10+ years it’s been a whirlwind. Within the past year my job has gone from primarily writing code to primarily reviewing code, be it llm output or code reviews for the team.
I think a lot of the learning still stems from a place of changing your thinking from atomic implementation level to systems level thinking and design. Do design docs, talk about your ideas with the team, foster a culture of ownership where even junior engineers can play with architecting micro services if it makes sense. Just because the fun of implementation has been mostly removed from us doesn’t mean we have to stop learning!
As a swe of 10+ years it’s been a whirlwind. Within the past year my job has gone from primarily writing code to primarily reviewing code, be it llm output or code reviews for the team. I think a lot of the learning still stems from a place of changing your thinking from atomic implementation level to systems level thinking and design. Do design docs, talk about your ideas with the team, foster a culture of ownership where even junior engineers can play with architecting micro services if it makes sense. Just because the fun of implementation has been mostly removed from us doesn’t mean we have to stop learning!