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Uncover the Real Senior Developer

# Uncover the Real Senior Developer

By Tomasz Waraksa

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December 14, 2020

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Should you be hiring a software developer or a senior software developer…and what’s the difference? And how can you know during an interview? 

To help answer these questions, Tomasz Waraksa, a tenured senior software developer with decades of hiring experience, joins us to explain how companies should rethink their approach to hiring a senior software developer, and what it means when one joins your team.

### Episode Highlights include:

* The different between a regular and senior developer
* What to ask a senior software developer during the hiring process
* How this senior role has changed over the decades
* What you should expect from a senior developer after hiring one

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