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Senior Devs in huge corps: Do you even code? (self.experienced_devs)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by van2z to c/experienced_devs

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I have been working at a large bank for a few years. Although some coding is needed, the bulk majority of time is spent on server config changes, releasing code to production, asking other people for approvals, auth roles, and of course tons of meetings with the end user to find out what they need.

I guess when I was a junior engineer, I would spend more time looking at code, though I used to work for small companies. So it is hard for me to judge if the extra time spent coding, was because of me being a junior or because it was a small company.

The kicker, is when we interview devs, most of the interview is just about coding. Very little of it is about the stuff I listed..

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[–] douglasg14b 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair it's not a good comparison to compare an IC role against a management role for time breakdown.

[–] CodeBlooded 5 points 2 years ago

Eh, I’m not really comparing, just offering what my time looks like since I’m still a “developer” of sorts. I’m still heavily involved with code, and I do end up making commits that ultimately deploy to production.

(I’m sure someone out there in an IC role would love to compare, especially if they’re considering taking a more managerial role.)