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Preventing Pitfalls of Junior Developers -- GORUCO 2015

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Rachel Warbelow

June 20, 2015

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Transcript

  1. Common Pitfalls of Junior Developers Rachel Warbelow, @rwarbelow GORUCO, June

    2015

  2. I’m Rachel. @rwarbelow | [email protected]

  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: [email protected] 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