Ask HN: How does one go from junior engineer to mid-level in less than a year?

You are going to really have to take a big picture approach to how you perform on each task.<p>Read Pragmatic Programmer and Clean Code.<p>Keep learning, and build your code so that it is easy to maintain and change.<p>Learn SOLID <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;SOLID_(object-oriented_design)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;SOLID_(object-oriented_design)</a><p>Remember to never stop learning, do not get comfortable, keep pushing ahead.

Switch jobs and move to a place that overlooks your actual experience and gives you a mid-level title.