---
title: "What Does It Take To Become a Senior Software Engineer?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-senior-software-engineer--pvxuxyjzu
source_url: https://betterprogramming.pub/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-senior-software-engineer-8accd950d98
type: article
source: "Better Programming"
published: 2021-10-06T13:36:23.280Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["career"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 23
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# What Does It Take To Become a Senior Software Engineer?

**[Better Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/btrprog)** · 4 min read · 23 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

What Does It Take To Become a Senior Software Engineer? Important skills to learn that nobody taught us in grad school. After eleven years as an engineering manager, I observed the skills that tech companies generally value the most. I noticed a pattern that generally falls into three different categories: technical expertise, craftsmanship, and communication.

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