> downleveled from senior to mid ... because I didn't have enough years of experience in tech-specific jobs ... I was disappointed in Shopify for using such a reductive metric to determine levelling
I'm confused by this. Isn't this a pretty sensible reason to be downleveled. I don't think a company would care about your years of experience as, say, a lawn mower. In terms of experience, wouldn't years spent front end coding received almost all the weight?
Sure, your years mowing lawns may have been rewarding and may have helped you build good communication skills or something, but surely we don't expect companies to bump you to senior on that basis?
I'm confused by this. Isn't this a pretty sensible reason to be downleveled. I don't think a company would care about your years of experience as, say, a lawn mower. In terms of experience, wouldn't years spent front end coding received almost all the weight?
Sure, your years mowing lawns may have been rewarding and may have helped you build good communication skills or something, but surely we don't expect companies to bump you to senior on that basis?