The Real Skill in Programming Is Debugging. Everything Else Is Copy-Paste
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Senior developers spend less time writing code and more time debugging complex production issues, investigating system problems, and solving mysteries that stump junior developers. While juniors focus on shipping features, seniors become software detectives who analyze logs, trace race conditions, and figure out why systems break. The real skill isn't coding—it's problem-solving when Stack Overflow and AI tools can't help.
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