> Speaking as a "senior" engineer today, I'm no better an engineer today than I was 10 years ago in terms of rote problem solving.
See I'm waaay better at it. Not in terms of raw problem solving ability, but because I've solved so many unique problems by now that I can start a new one half way through.
That and my skills are a lot more refined, so there are a lot of things I will do the right way out of habit which I would have had to discover through iteration 5-10 years ago.
If you're not better at what you do than you were 10 years ago, it makes me wonder what you've been doing with your time.
See I'm waaay better at it. Not in terms of raw problem solving ability, but because I've solved so many unique problems by now that I can start a new one half way through.
That and my skills are a lot more refined, so there are a lot of things I will do the right way out of habit which I would have had to discover through iteration 5-10 years ago.
If you're not better at what you do than you were 10 years ago, it makes me wonder what you've been doing with your time.