Phases in life of a “software developer”–Types of developers! Who am i?

Do you call yourself developer? If so, where exactly do you stand in the following table? Following table peeks into the “professional” life of a software developer

 

	Wannabe Developer	Developer, as a profession	Senior developer	Principal developer	Architect	Chief architect
Question	Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Changes?	Copy pasting code, trying to merge; doesn’t know/care about changes	Very resistant to change; spaghetti code.	Ok to change, but provides no suggestions; tries to follow coding standards.	Ok to change, provide suggestions, brainstorm;, finds alternate solutions;	Accept changes, provide alternate solutions, face mortar board	Brings change
Thought process?	Not available (0:	Doesn’t think	Thinks about how;	Following industry standards and practices.	Provide feedbacks, comments, corrections	Build industry standards
Sticks around		Functional/method level implementation; coding	Available libraries, classes,	Reusable components	Thinking process is more in terms of business strategy; provides solutions; face mortar board, provide alternate solutions, answer any missing questions	Mortar board; business, technology
Inclines toward	Coder; coding	Classes	Modular	how; componentized approach	what; enterprise approach	why; business market
Goal	To go home	Learning	Advancement, participation,	Think around technology	Thinks around scalability, availability, modularity, loose coupling high cohesion, security, etc.	Thinks around business strategy

 

High light the first row of the table above, to see exactly where you stand.

Btw, no offense to anyone, these are just thoughts out of small experience that I have.

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