Ask HN: Should I be worried joining as senior dev at new job if I'm not one yet?
I will be starting with a new company as a senior engineer working on full-stack web development in a few weeks.
I'm not sure if I'm under any signs of imposter syndrome, but I've been worried about being really judged and seen as a "senior" engineer at this new job.
I have done only 2-3 personal sites using React and had a year in a job doing actual web development. I would think of myself as at most a mid-level developer. I don't think I'm a "senior" developer yet.
I've applied to this "senior" position thinking they wouldn't have called me up but they did. The hiring manager had only one interview with me. There were no tests or anything, just a very very high-level and superficial technical conversation with me about the tech-stack I've used before and then I was hired. It was pretty easy.
Although I've taken up their offer, I'm really not sure if I can meet their expectations of a "senior" engineer. The last thing I want is they figured they made a wrong decision and decide to dismiss me in a few months for not meeting their expectations.
I'm not sure if I'm under any signs of imposter syndrome, but I've been worried about being really judged and seen as a "senior" engineer at this new job.
I have done only 2-3 personal sites using React and had a year in a job doing actual web development. I would think of myself as at most a mid-level developer. I don't think I'm a "senior" developer yet.
I've applied to this "senior" position thinking they wouldn't have called me up but they did. The hiring manager had only one interview with me. There were no tests or anything, just a very very high-level and superficial technical conversation with me about the tech-stack I've used before and then I was hired. It was pretty easy.
Although I've taken up their offer, I'm really not sure if I can meet their expectations of a "senior" engineer. The last thing I want is they figured they made a wrong decision and decide to dismiss me in a few months for not meeting their expectations.
Should I be worried about this?