Senior engineers don’t grow on trees, so they say. That is, you can’t simply walk outside and pluck one from a low-hanging branch and reap the benefits of all that experience.

Except, they do. That is, if you consider that trees take years, decades even, to mature and you think of a tree as an organization that fosters an engineer’s growth over time.

Senior engineers come from somewhere, but not overnight.

Start investing time and energy into yours. Be patient. And reap the benefits of all that experience.