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Growth Mindset Across Seniority Levels

2024-03-04 — Michael Haupt

Andreas Kling here shares one of the most fundamental differences between junior and senior thinking:

Junior mindset: This language/framework is part of my identity.

Senior mindset: This language/framework is part of my toolkit.

This is not about junior and senior career levels, although there may be an overlap: I’ve seen a lot of junior mindset in people in “senior” roles when it comes to being fixed on tools, frameworks, languages, approaches, …

Having a growth mindset - I believe that’s what makes the difference.

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