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What no one tells you about becoming a senior engineer

by Thomas Khor·October 8, 2025

More meetings, less coding. You're expected to mentor, not just deliver. Technical decisions have political dimensions. Good senior engineers learn to influence without authority.

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Lynn Teh

The fewer lines of code the better becomes your mantra as a senior. Junior you would have hated senior you for it.

Azwan Eng

Mentoring requires patience that nobody prepares you for. Some days you teach for 4 hours and write zero code.

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