--- title: Stop Being A JR Software Engineer | Prime Reacts | daily.dev description: Recorded live on twitch, GET IN https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Article: https://kentcdodds.com/blog/stop-being-a-junior Author: Kent C. Dodds |... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-being-a-jr-software-engineer-prime-reacts-l5b7jh5yb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop Being A JR Software Engineer | Prime Reacts | daily.dev og:description: Recorded live on twitch, GET IN https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Article: https://kentcdodds.com/blog/stop-being-a-junior Author: Kent C. Dodds |... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-being-a-jr-software-engineer-prime-reacts-l5b7jh5yb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l5B7JH5yB.png og:image:alt: Stop Being A JR Software Engineer | Prime Reacts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop Being A JR Software Engineer | Prime Reacts **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 233 upvotes · 16 comments ## Summary Recorded live on twitch, GET IN https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Article: https://kentcdodds.com/blog/stop-being-a-junior Author: Kent C. Dodds | https://twitter.com/kentcdodds MY MAIN YT CHANNEL: Has well edited engineering videos https://youtube.com/ThePrimeagen Discord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen Have something for me to read or react to?: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePrimeagenReact/ ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@woooo** · 19 upvotes > This is a youtube react to a kent c dodds article. Personally I don't think this fits what should be posted here. Cut out the middleman and just [go to the article](https://kentcdodds.com/blog/stop-being-a-junior). **@thecoverliker** · 11 upvotes > Is that DEV disrespect?? **@mendesbarreto** · 6 upvotes > I love this guy 😂! **@bishop122** · 3 upvotes > Prime and Theo are my entire youtube feed I swear.... and I ain't mad about it 🔥 **@em\_t\_\_shells** · 1 upvotes > this guy has such a wonderful story. pure inspiration for everyone looking to turn their life around. all u need is a computer and a dream. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#customer-service](https://daily.dev/tags/customer-service), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#netflix](https://daily.dev/tags/netflix), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-being-a-jr-software-engineer-prime-reacts-l5b7jh5yb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Stop Being A JR Software Engineer | Prime Reacts","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-being-a-jr-software-engineer-prime-reacts-l5b7jh5yb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-being-a-jr-software-engineer-prime-reacts-l5b7jh5yb"},"datePublished":"2023-07-19T06:26:23.794Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:31:44.841Z","description":"Recorded live on twitch, GET IN \n\nhttps://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen\n\nArticle: https://kentcdodds.com/blog/stop-being-a-junior\nAuthor: Kent C. 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Personally I don’t think this fits what should be posted here. Cut out the middleman and just go to the article.","datePublished":"2023-07-19T15:59:28.343Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/l5B7JH5yB#c-T2e0iy1WF","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"James Cameron","url":"https://daily.dev/woooo","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2023458?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":19}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Is that DEV disrespect??","datePublished":"2023-07-19T08:04:59.029Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/l5B7JH5yB#c-2L7SBBefF","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"TheCoverLiker","url":"https://daily.dev/thecoverliker","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/v1681623072/avatars/avatar_sDzCovimjL.jpg"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":11}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I love this guy 😂!","datePublished":"2023-07-19T14:07:37.106Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/l5B7JH5yB#c-VILt4M9rd","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Douglas Mendes","url":"https://daily.dev/mendesbarreto","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2684784?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Prime and Theo are my entire youtube feed I swear… and I ain’t mad about it 🔥","datePublished":"2023-07-19T20:04:37.521Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/l5B7JH5yB#c-iVjvyVavx","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Bishop","url":"https://daily.dev/bishop122","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8958725?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"this guy has such a wonderful story. pure inspiration for everyone looking to turn their life around. all u need is a computer and a dream.","datePublished":"2023-07-20T01:12:16.988Z","dateModified":"2023-07-20T01:12:45.150Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/l5B7JH5yB#c-Ccm3mCnG0","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Emre Taskale","url":"https://daily.dev/em_t__shells","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--cEe3UvO2--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_HrWRGoOwZIWAz2IGBzWfU"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```