So how do you determine your level in development?

Question

Career in IT

The other day I asked myself, what is my level of knowledge? I do web development.
I went to Google, click on the first site I came across. And there is such a meager list that I was a little stunned. No, I mean, are you saying that I've been doing this for literally a year and already a senior? No, you need to check YouTube. I go to the howdy ho video, here my heart rate, which has risen to heaven after viewing that very site, has noticeably decreased, I would say it has disappeared. In general, it turns out like this: "you need to at least be able to write Facebook at least in half an hour" (at the same time, the video was about juniors). In short, I didn’t understand a single term from the video, although it was about the backend, and I’m a frontender. Further, with my nose down, I went to the channel of Gosha Dudar. There he claims that after his course "php and mysql from zero to pro" (8 hours), you can try to get a job. And yes, we do not pay attention to what is again about the back,
Who to believe? Or is it all complete nonsense, and the truth is somewhere in between? It is very interesting to hear the opinion of experts.

Answer 1

The division into levels is conditional.
In this case, of course, you can draw a scale for yourself.
On the left on the scale there will be a level of a person who can independently engage in some kind of completed activity in his field, at the very least evaluate the result of his work, and not just be on errands and require constant help from the outside.
To the right of the scale there will be a person (we are talking about developers) who is able to independently pull any part of any project from his field, as well as effectively manage the team working on such a project.
Everything in the middle is completely indistinct. And all the same, you have to evaluate it according to the circumstances (whether you, for example, correspond to some specific, and not an abstract position), because somewhere this requires more, and somewhere less.