r/ExperiencedDevs

Experienced Devs

For experienced developers. This community should be specialized subreddit facilitating discussion amongst individuals who have gained some ground in the software engineering world. Any posts or comments that are made by inexperienced individuals (outside of the weekly Ask thread) should be reported. Anything not specifically related to development or career advice that is _specific_ to Experienced Developers belongs elsewhere. Try /r/work, /r/AskHR, /r/careerguidance, or /r/OfficePolitics.

Members: 422,251
Created: 2018
Posts a day: 2
Avg comments, top posts this week: 128

r/ExperiencedDevs is a Reddit community with 422,251 members, created in 2018. It averaged about 2 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 137 and an average of 128 comments each. Experienced, devs and developers are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 22:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday.

Only approved members can post in r/ExperiencedDevs.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

872Why are developers cheering "how much better the LLM model are getting for coding" with every model release? What exactly are they cheering for?1,088 comments · September 26, 2026
1,534Interviewed candidates for “AI engineer” roles this week, my god is this really where our industry is going?917 comments · September 26, 2026
398Job requires/uses very little AI. Sinking ship or goldmine?665 comments · September 23, 2026
564When does the AI reality set in for middle and senior management?632 comments · October 10, 2026
374How many of you are actually making more than $300k a year and what did you do to get there?577 comments · September 26, 2026
658Do you regret contributing to open-source?483 comments · September 19, 2026

Common words in titles

experienced 7
devs 5
developers 4
experiences 3
job 3
lead 3
sharing 3
boundaries 2
code 2
engineer 2
engineering 2
game 2

Best time to post

22:00 UTC · 2 top posts
18:00 UTC · 2 top posts
19:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Wednesday · 10 top posts
Saturday · 9 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

Do not participate unless experienced (3+ years)
No Disrespectful Language or Conduct
No General Career Advice
No "Which Offer Should I Take" Posts
No “What Should I Learn” Questions
No “I hate X types of interviews" Posts
No Google-able questions
No Surveys/Advertisements
No Low Effort Posts/Venting/Bragging
AI-topic posts: Wednesdays and Saturdays only
Automated posting requirements

How to post in r/ExperiencedDevs without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/ExperiencedDevs member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/ExperiencedDevs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/",
    "name": "ExperiencedDevs",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Experienced Devs",
    "createdAt": "2018-01-22T06:07:24.000Z",
    "description": "For experienced developers. This community should be specialized subreddit facilitating discussion amongst individuals who have gained some ground in the software engineering world. \n\nAny posts or comments that are made by inexperienced individuals (outside of the weekly Ask thread) should be reported.\n\nAnything not specifically related to development or career advice that is _specific_ to Experienced Developers belongs elsewhere. Try /r/work, /r/AskHR, /r/careerguidance, or /r/OfficePolitics.",
    "subscribers": 422251
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/ExperiencedDevs

How many members does r/ExperiencedDevs have?

r/ExperiencedDevs had 422,251 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/ExperiencedDevs?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 2 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 128 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/ExperiencedDevs?

This month's top posts in r/ExperiencedDevs went up most often around 22:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/ExperiencedDevs data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/ExperiencedDevs for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/ExperiencedDevs/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.