@willa, I have no doubt that your skills are in the /dev/4-/dev/5 range. From the stage development worksheet, we currently have nine items to distinguish between a /dev/4 and /dev/5. You clearly meet at least six of them and likely meet the 2-3 others:
| /dev/4 | /dev/5 |
|---|---|
| Can deal with setting maven up in a complex project | Manage the project using Maven 
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| Knows how to handle merging of pull requests and dealing with complex git-related tasks. | Git guru.
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| Knows how to leverage open source communications to maximize collaboration & cooperation on projects. | Strong communicator, can share a vision |
| Can direct conversations and answer or find answer for complex problems | Has voice and seen as an authority in IRC/Telegram, Talk, Slack |
| Can organize sprints and spike with little to no direction | Can come up with sprints and spikes that need to be done
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| Able to deal (resolve?) with complicated ORM mapping issues (inheritance, etc.) | Strong hibernate skills
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| Set up a proof of concept ETL solution | Provide working ETL solutions
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| Assess ETL technologies that can be used by the community | Advise on the design and architecture of ETL solutions
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| Can perform complex SDK commands | Can contribute to SDK improvements |
I was thinking we could acknowledge you as at least /dev/4 and challenge you over the coming months to flex your dev & leadership skills such that multiple people are touting your /dev/5 skills… but it seems like you’ve already been granted /dev/5, so… congratulations! I hope you’ll find ways to bring others along with their dev skills (and maybe help us get more objective criteria for granting dev stages).
Cheers,
-Burke