Talk given at Droidcon London 2019 https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/14200-supporting-each-other-growth-for-juniors-and-seniors
Supporting Each OtherGrowth for Juniors and SeniorsLara MartínAndroid Developer@Lariki #DroidconUK
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Hiring Devs
High Demand
“We wantSeniors!”
Why notJuniors?
Everyone hasbeen a Junior
Juniors' firstjob
Applying as aJunior
ImpostorSyndrome
Fear...
Juniors bringGreat Things
FreshMotivation
FreshKnowledge
FlexibleMindset
LearningMindset
WhatManagersExpect
Juniors SeniorsContinuously learningSmall tasksAsk questionsNeed guidanceDon’t know all theprocessesContinuously learningAny tasksAsk questionsProvide guidanceKnow all the processes
Wins forseniors
MentoringJuniors
Sharing yourknowledge
Communication
MVVMRepository patternUse CasesDependency InjectionRxAndroid Project
Focus on aSingle Topic
Sketch Ideas
API clientService
API clientServiceData
API clientServiceDataRepositoryUseCaseDomain
API clientServiceDataRepositoryUseCaseDomainPresentationLayoutViewModelScreenViewNavigator
Be Constructive
Criticism inprivatePraise in public
Tasks
Environment
PairProgramming
For Juniors
When to askQuestions
I gotstuck
RubberDuckDebugging
Starting a task
Copy-pasting
I don’tknow
I don’tknoweither
Still notconvincedto hire juniors?
You will helpjuniors to progressin their careers
You will learn
There are noseniors withoutjuniors
Juniors will neverforget theirmentors
I am grateful tomany people
Thanks toDroidcon London!
@LarikiThankyou!!