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Are senior PHP devs still a thing these days?Discussion (self.PHP)

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I have 25 years professional experience and just got let go from my job that I've had since late October of last year. Finding that one wasn't easy and I imagine now will be next to impossible.

But as we all know, having AI do your job is one thing, understanding what it's doing (and why) are quite another. So I don't feel that senior devs are dead and out of the water just yet.

I'm curious, particularly those who help with hiring: what criteria do you look for, outside of the usual "this person would gel well with us" kind of thing?

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[–]obstreperous_troll 0 Punkte1 Punkt  (1 Kind)

Some people have 25 years of experience, some have 1 year repeated 25 times. If I was interviewing, I'd want to know which. I'd start by looking for knowledge and curiosity beyond just one language or framework: anyone who learned only one system over two and a half decades is not someone who picks up new concepts readily, and may likely be resistant to them.

Senior devs will stick around, it's entry-level applicants who are seeing the ladder pulled up. No one really knows what the field is going to look like in five years.

[–]snoogazi[S] 0 Punkte1 Punkt  (0 Kinder)

Good point. I do have knowledge of other stuff (some Python, JS, Bash/Zsh, etc, Linux in general...) so I will make a point to call attention to them in my resume

[–]fatalexe 1 Punkt2 Punkte  (0 Kinder)

It depends,

Are you active in the PHP community?

Attend conferences, keep up with the latest training materials on Laracasts, Frontend Masters and O’Reilly?

Can you set direction for frameworks, design patterns, testing and CI/CD?

Can you understand DevOps for configuring resources using Ansible and Terraform?

Do you demonstrate all of this using articles on a personal website and GitHub repository in an easy to read and understand manner?

If so then it’s still relatively easy to get interviews. LinkedIn, Larajobs, and Google’s job search all provide actionable listings. Just make sure to tailor your cover letters and resume for the position using your own authentic voice, only have AI check to see if you hit all the keywords in the job listing.

Unfortunately AI has made it much harder to stand out. There are still tons of jobs out there. Somebody has to refactor the slop after business cases are proven.

[–]Unable_Artichoke9221 10 Punkte11 Punkte  (0 Kinder)

Senior devs are more relevant than ever. 

AI is overpowering seniors. Seniors have the unique ability to not just understand what AI does, but what is not doing, too. Also whether is overengineering, oversimplifying etc.

Juniors and mediors will struggle keeping up, or just plainly let shit code go to prod.

Serious tech companies understand that speed without understanding has a price called technical debt. This is not something introduced by AI, but its dangers are multiplied.

Companies that used to not care about technical debt with face its consecuences sooner.

Companies that understand that speed without control is not sustainable will try to answer the difficult question: how can we get the most from AI while keeping agency, control, understanding.

You want a job in the second kind. And they will also be the ones knowing that your experience has value.