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10 Tips for Ramping Up as a Senior Engineer

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I’ve learned the hard way that starting a job on a large engineering team as a senior engineer is more than simply writing good code. You have to drive initiatives at a social level and not simply because you know more about the codebase. For a new hire this is especially a challenge. You need to learn the system that your colleagues already understand. You might be a higher level but you’ll be a worse engineer for the first few months while you ramp up.

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