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I don't think enough can be said about having good mentors and having good mentors that are good at things you aren't good at. My direct manager and I complemen
by grigjd3 10y ago
I don't think enough can be said about having good mentors and having good mentors that are good at things you aren't good at. My direct manager and I complement each other pretty well and in addition to it being good for our department, I get to learn a lot.
- beebs93 10y agoWhen approached to work for my current company I met with my future manager and asked: Will I be able to have a more senior developer act as a mentor? Will I have direct access to more experienced devs on my team? What opportunites will there be to try something new and get it reviewed? Are there any tech stack absolutes I will never be able to stray from? The answers I received were great and ended up being accurate. It was the first time I had ever decided to choose a company based primarily on the potential for growth and not money/perks/etc. Smartest decision ever.
- grigjd3 10y agoI like how well thought out your questions are. I generally ask about the company having an open culture for questions and ability to learn, but I'll keep track of those questions in the future.
- epalmer 10y agoI'm senior in many regards and act as a back end dev and system engineer. Plus I manage the dev group. I informally mentor some junior front-end devs on developer productivity and testing. After reading the article and comments I am going to step up my game some to help more.