Hiring Juniors - RubyConf Indonesia 2019 Closing Keynote

We are having a hard time hiring mids & seniors in this industry. It is time that we changed our tactics -- it's time that we started to hire _and train_ junior developers.

This talk covers the _why_ and _how_ of training junior developers. I base this talk off the knowledge that I've gained from running a structured training and mentoring program at Culture Amp.

Transcript

1. me@ryanbigg.com Twitter Site Email
2. cookpadgojekalodokterbukalapak mekariperkodiidrubydtgeekhunter @ryanbigg.com
4. Who is hiring?
6. Senior Ruby Developers
7. We need to hire juniors.
8. JEP Junior Engineering Program
9. HIRING SENIOR DEVELOPER (PLZ) ACTIVEMANTRA::REQUEST
10. nil ACTIVEMANTRA::RESPONSE
11. POODR
12. <SNIP>
14. Developer Rockstar Unicorns
16. The Totally Scientific Pyramid of Skill v1 “Optimal Hiring Zone™” Your next superstar developer lives here
17. Developers Developing Developers
18. JEP Junior Engineering Program
19. Wait, but why?
20. Juniors make better teams
21. Simpler Explanations Easier Understanding =
22. Communication is explicit
23. Skill-diversity outperforms same-ness
24. Juniors make better teams
25. Part 1: Before
26. Company Team Champion
27. Have a Plan
28. Part 2: Recruit!
29. + SOCIAL INTERVIEWS TECHNICAL CODING CHALLENGE Stage 1: Stage 2: Interviewing stages
30. Treat them GENTLY Interviewing tip #1:
31. Dramatic Re-enactment
32. SOCIAL over TECHNICAL Interviewing tip #2:
34. Give them FEEDBACK Interviewing tip #3:
35. 25,000+ words Feedback given 500 words / person
36. A new junior appeared!
37. Part 3: Belonging
38. Do Don’t How to treat a junior developer
39. It is ALWAYS OK to ask questions
40. PAIR up #$
41. SMILE more
42. “ why are you doing this? ” ? ?
43. Project: this guy
45. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Project Aristotle
47. nil ACTIVEMANTRA::RESPONSE
48. Hire Juniors
49. Juniors make better teams
50. Do Don’t How to treat a junior developer
51. Developers Developing Developers @ryanbigg