Preventing Pitfalls of Junior Developers -- GORUCO 2015

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1. Common Pitfalls of Junior Developers Rachel Warbelow, @rwarbelow GORUCO, June 2015
2. I’m Rachel. @rwarbelow | rachel@turing.io
3. Common Pitfalls of Junior Developers
4. Common Pitfalls of Junior Developers
5. Strategies to Prevent Pitfalls of Junior Developers
6. Expert != Teacher/Mentor
7. Structure (or lack thereof) Problem #1
8. Develop a long-term plan Create a structure for pairing Provide consistent opportunities to give and gather feedback
9. Imposter Syndrome Problem #2
10. Set the tone Have and share realistic expectations Let junior developers see you struggle
11. Surface-Level Understanding Problem #3
12. Steal strategies from teachers Assign projects to build upon and reinforce concepts
13. A Challenge For Afternoon Tea Time
14. Share mentoring strategies Discuss how you and your team will implement best-practices Find somebody to mentor, especially if you’re newer to development
15. Thank you! Twitter and Github: @rwarbelow Email: rachel@turing.io Will Faurot Andrew Thal Troy Denkinger Special thanks to: Aaron Glasenapp John Williams Want to hire some junior developers to test out these strategies? I can hook you up. Steve Kinney Jason Noble