Java Career Roadmap: How to Level Up from Junior to Senior Developer

Learn how to grow from a Junior to Senior Java Developer with this complete career roadmap. Practical steps, skills, and real-world project ideas included.

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🧾 Introduction

Becoming a Java developer is a great start.
But moving from junior to senior is where real career growth (and higher salaries 💰) happen.

✅ Writing Java code is just the beginning.
✅ To reach senior levels, you must think bigger: architecture, design, performance, teamwork.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

• What separates juniors from seniors
• The complete Java Career Roadmap
• Practical skills, projects, and mindset shifts you need at each stage

Let’s level up 🚀.

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