[DBN25] Elevating Young Developers

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1. Elevating Young Developers: Best practices and feedback for seasoned developers on onboarding and skill development Alexandre TOURET
2. Once upon a time a developer…
5. Pourquoi?
7. • The code was not clear • Logs were not efficient • No error management nor tests To sum up It was not production ready
8. Alexandre TOURET Software Architect @touret.info blog.touret.info alexandre-touret Who am I?
9. The first challenges
10. • The IT crowd keeps renewing all the time • It is important to never stop evangelizing the basics ➢E.g., logs, error management, tests,… IT crowd renewal
11. The first weeks are primordials Although if we are skilled or seasoned a transition phase is necessary The transition phase
12. Your soft skills: your attitude
13. If you mentor a trainee or a young graduated developer: He/she discovers a new world Being empathic
14. • You must add time-blockers in your agenda • Feel free to schedule daily meetings • Pair-programming Time management
15. Learn to Code
17. The Robert C. Martin’s book is still worthy https://github.com/alexandre-touret/ clean-code-workshop https://github.com/worldline /code-quality-workshop Clean Code
18. • Feel free to propose & create workshops • Schedule Pair Programing coding sessions Workshops
21. Give the opportunity and learn how to do tech watch Tech watch
22. What about onboarding?
23. Prepare it earlier! 1.Make an integration/onboarding path 2.Document everything 3.Definition of Done
24. Skills inventory & evaluation • Pinpoint required skills • Assess them on a regular basis with the developers • Ask & gather feedbacks
25. Track the progression
27. • Company & team discovery • Learn tools & practices D+7 • Code • Strong support D+30 • Start to work with other colleagues • Being autonomous D+100 Which path could we expect?
28. • Different global and local initiatives • Difficulties: • Time management • Covering all the needs • The remote office /work from home At Worldline
29. Wrap up
30. Make your next onboardings a success Prepare it! Address all the different tasks step by step Track the progression Keep dedicated time Communicate regularly
31. Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin
32. Don’t be a stranger! Follow & get in touch blog.worldline.tech @WorldlineTech Follow our tech team: Follow me: @touret.info linkedin.com/in/atouret 35 |
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