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by exclusiv 1118 days ago
Seriously, that jumped out at me. You do not know anything after a year and a half. You are a junior developer. Nobody is that special.

Also, there is a real risk to learning if you "stop being a junior". Namely, the posers don't raise their hand and ask for help when they hit a wall, waste a ton of time drowning with things that senior engineers can figure out in 10 minutes, and are scared of learning from senior teammates as it requires them to be vulnerable in front of them. The ones faking it tend to be insecure and not fully dedicated to their craft, but their title first.

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That speaks pretty clearly to me 6 years ago. At my current job I ask "stupid" questions in public channels to make sure it's normalized for younger devs to see. I've explicitly discussed it with my team, and push other senior devs to do the same.