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I wonder if the "oh fuck, I don't know what to do and this will definitely crash and burn" feeling ever goes away.
I'm only a relatively new senior, and everyone's looking at me like I know what I'm doing, while I'm internally screaming and trying to juggle code reviews, documentation, ticket management, management management, client communication and 56 other things.
I like to remind juniors that you can only become an expert on something temporarily, especially on large teams/projects. Between skill atrophy and the foundations shifting beneath your feet as other developers continue working, it's not possible to truly understand a complex system in a state of flux for very long.