How Senior Engineers Actually Make Architecture Decisions

About this episode

The episode discusses how senior engineers make architecture decisions using specific habits to make good decisions quickly.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-senior-engineers-actually-make-architecture-decisions . Senior engineers don't find perfect answers, they use specific habits to make good decisions fast. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming . You can also check exclusive content about #programming , #architecture , #career , #senior-engineers , #architecture-decisions , #make-architecture-decisions , #architecture-decisions-flow , #making-decisions , and more. This story was written by: @daanhoekstra . Learn more about this writer by checking @daanhoekstra's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Senior engineers don't find perfect answers, they use specific habits to make good decisions fast.

Topics covered

• architecture decisions
• senior engineers
• decision making
• programming
• software architecture

Keywords

• senior engineers
• architecture decisions
• decision making
• programming habits
• software architecture

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