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Tips for junior developers

Ask for support. Ask for a mentor. Ask questions.

If you are told "no" when you ask for help, find your own mentors - in or outside of the company. Reach out to the wider community.

Pair with everyone. You learn amazing things, and you figure out who is a good fit for you - and who you can ask to be your mentor.

Sometimes leaving for another job is for the best.

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How it can go wrong

Many junior developers consider quitting tech after a bad experience.

This is a problem, we want junior developers to enjoy the experience and to be supported and encouraged.

"Tech is for me" <-- might not feel comfortable saying this

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Give developers tools for anonymous feedback, giving psychological safety.

Some fear losing their job and an inability to get a new job, so they are anxious about rocking the boat by speaking up.

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Be wary of lack of knowledge. Don't assume someone knows to run "composer install" - junior developers will follow instructions very literally.

Tell them when you feel like an impostor. Tell them when you needed to Google something.

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How to set up junior devs for success and help them

60% of developers surveyed said mentorship helped them the most

After setting up a pairing channel, they found that it resulted in 15% fewer bugs.

Code was also more optimised due to pair programming. More manageable code, easier for the code reviewer.

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Gaps affect everyone, not only juniors.

Developer time is expensive.

Find problems... and fix them... with the help of junior developers.

Demo of a junior dev finding issues:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/mt2nug/the_pitfalls_of_a_legacy_codebase/

"Netflix Chaos Monkey" -> they automate junior developers 🤪 Automatically turn off random servers and see what happens.

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Questions are good:

"Why is it this way?"

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Mentorship helps everyone

Also consider the bus factor / lottery factor. It's not just seniors mentoring juniors... but employees helping each other to understand.

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Junior developers have fresh perspectives and it's worth encouraging them to speak up.

"It didn't work when we tried it last time."

Why don't you try it again?

Companies change. Situations change. And with the energy and excitement of junior devs ... the result might be different this time.

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Senior developers have a role to play in encouraging junior developers.

But why should you hire junior devs?

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Tapping into the power of junior developers

Presented by Rissa Jackson

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Major announcement regarding Pest on my socials this Thursday. #Stressless #LaraconAU

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