Hiring Juniors

These slides accompany most blog post here: http://ryanbigg.com/2016/04/hiring-juniors/

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1. Juniors
   

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2. 1. The “D” word
   

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3. Back in my day…
   
   

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   Present Day
   

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5. “When is my bug
   going to be fixed?”
   
   

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6. “We are hiring a senior
   Rails developer”
   - literally every company
   
   

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7. The Ruby Senior Talent Pool
   

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10. ‼You’re building
    CRUD apps ‼
    

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13. 2. Contributing back
    

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14. “But what do we get back?”
    

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15. “But what do we get back?”
    “We have earned so much”
    

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16. It’s OK to hire
    non-senior
    developers.
    

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20. “But what if they leave?”
    
    

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21. 3. Finding Juniors
    

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22. Code Academies
    

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24. Other Juniors
    

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27. 4. Mentorship
    

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28. Ruby Hack Night
    

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29. Foster a learning
    environment
    
    

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30. No “dumb” questions
    

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31. Pairing builds confidence
    
    

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32. Reinforce knowledge
    

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34. Autonomy
    
    

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35. Encourage code reviews
    

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37. Maslow’s Hierarchy
    

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38. It’s OK to hire
    non-senior
    developers.
    

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39. Invest back in the
    community.
    

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40. 
    Hire and
    mentor
    a junior.
    
    

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41. Dave Hoover’s Windy City Rails talk:
    https://www.windycityrails.com/videos/2014/#16
    Julia Claven’s graph:
    http://juliaclavien.tumblr.com/post/140738533238/new-hires-
    from-liability-to-hopefully-asset
    

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