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
   

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2. cookpadgojekalodokterbukalapak
   mekariperkodiidrubydtgeekhunter
   @ryanbigg.com
   

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4. Who is
   hiring?
   

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6. Senior
   Ruby
   Developers
   

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7. We need
   to hire
   juniors.
   

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8. JEP
   Junior Engineering Program
   

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9. HIRING
   SENIOR
   DEVELOPER
   (PLZ)
   ACTIVEMANTRA::REQUEST
   

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10. nil
    ACTIVEMANTRA::RESPONSE
    
    

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11. POODR
    

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12. 
    

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14. Developer
    Rockstar
    Unicorns
    

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16. The Totally Scientific
    Pyramid of Skill v1
    “Optimal Hiring Zone™”
    Your next superstar
    developer lives here
    

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17. Developers
    Developing
    Developers
    

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18. JEP
    Junior Engineering Program
    

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19. Wait,
    but why?
    

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20. Juniors make
    better teams
    

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21. Simpler
    Explanations
    Easier
    Understanding
    =
    

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22. Communication is
    explicit
    

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23. Skill-diversity
    outperforms
    same-ness
    

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24. Juniors make
    better teams
    

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25. Part 1:
    Before
    

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26. Company
    Team Champion
    

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27. Have a
    Plan
    

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28. Part 2:
    Recruit!
    

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29. + SOCIAL
    INTERVIEWS
    TECHNICAL
    CODING CHALLENGE
    Stage 1:
    Stage 2:
    Interviewing stages
    

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30. Treat
    them
    GENTLY
    Interviewing tip #1:
    

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31. Dramatic Re-enactment
    

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32. SOCIAL
    over
    TECHNICAL
    Interviewing tip #2:
    

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34. Give
    them
    FEEDBACK
    Interviewing tip #3:
    

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35. 25,000+
    words
    Feedback given
    500 words / person
    

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36. 
    A new junior appeared!
    

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37. Part 3:
    Belonging
    

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38. Do Don’t
    How to treat a
    junior developer
    

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39. It is
    ALWAYS
    OK
    to ask
    questions
    

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40. PAIR
    up
    #$
    

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41. SMILE
    more
    
    

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42. “
    why are
    you doing
    this?
    ”
    
    ?
    
    ?
    

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43. Project: this guy
    

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45. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
    Project Aristotle
    

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47. nil
    ACTIVEMANTRA::RESPONSE
    
    

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48. Hire
    Juniors
    

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49. Juniors make
    better teams
    

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50. Do Don’t
    How to treat a
    junior developer
    

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51. Developers
    Developing
    Developers
    @ryanbigg
    

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