# A Surface-Area Model of Seniority for Software Engineers

DevFeed: [A Surface-Area Model of Seniority for Software Engineers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-does-it-mean-senior-engineer-39850.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.thinkingintech.com/p/what-does-it-mean-senior-engineer>)

Author: Dariusz Sadowski

Published: 2023-11-11T12:31:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Thinking in Tech](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/thinking-in-tech.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>)

## AI overview

The article proposes assessing software-engineering seniority by the breadth and depth of a person's skills. It argues that specialists and generalists can be equally senior when their overall surface area of knowledge is sufficiently large.

## Source excerpt

And how to design your career to become one