bbrunner

The author isn't wrong that "Senior" is probably a bit of an inflation for what it means in the industry - competent enough to work on medium to large projects with little oversight - but Staff, Senior Staff and Principal titles all exist to fill the gap the author is talking about, as does architect, although I don't see that one as often. It's definitely confusing if you aren't intimately familiar with the industry though.

For what it's worth, I can't think of any notable company where senior is anywhere close to the terminal level for a software engineer.

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Hey HN, I've been building Intuition as a side project for a few months now to scratch my own itch. I believe that there are a ton of valuable insights sitting in the meta data in Git repositories and developer-focused tools (JIRA, Trello, Slack, etc.). This data largely goes untapped. This is my attempt at unlocking some of that value.

I focused on a couple of specific use cases:

* daily standup reports to replace or augment your existing standup * historical activity reports for sprint retrospectives * code change notifications so you can know when to provide just-in-time feedback

It isn't anything too sophisticated just yet, but I've already gotten a decent amount of value out of the tool in working with my own team.

Thanks for checking it out! Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback. It would also be awesome to hear what sort of reporting you would want to see next.

If you are already in the Bay Area, I would recommend that you probably just stay there unless you don't plan on raising VC. It's certainly not the only place you can start a company, but it is still one of the best places to do it.

In general, the early parts of any startup can be achieved pretty much anywhere. Building product, early customer discovery, marketing, etc. are not really dependent on geography for a large number of tech-focused startups.

Location becomes an issue when:

* you have some physical presence as part of your product (e.g. meal delivery, bike shares)

* you need to hire (unless you a comfortable with remote work)

* you need to build partnerships

* you need to visit clients (this can be solved by being near a major airport)

* you need to raise capital (the terms and availability are typically just a lot better in the bay area and a few other big VC markets)

So yea, if you are in the Bay Area already and you are wanting to build a true, hyper-growth startup, I would suggest that you just stay put since it will be advantageous further down the line.