Not just junior (i.e., fresh grad), but ridiculously junior, at the level of a freshman in college, well below the par for an intern. I don't dislike or like t

Not just junior (i.e., fresh grad), but ridiculously junior, at the level of a freshman in college, well below the par for an intern. I don't dislike or like them: I know that they are incredibly junior. I would prefer to work with people more experienced, given the option. If the project allows for inexperience and has the ramp-up time needed, they can do it. The management must understand that the bootcamp graduates are going to take significant time and cost to come up to speed. The bootcamp grad must be willing to drink from a firehose, though... If all of that is satisfied, then sure, I'll work with them. As part of the mentoring process, I will pass them CS books: algorithms, data structures, and other key fundamentals of the field, and expect them to come up to speed on the fundamentals. They need to know this stuff to do the job well; I will explicitly refer to their willingness to learn the fundamentals in my peer evaluations with our manager.