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> have the most resources to hire, train, and mentor juniors In theory. I'm a pretty senior programmer now as in "been doing this professionally since the mid
by commandlinefan 7y ago
> have the most resources to hire, train, and mentor juniors
In theory. I'm a pretty senior programmer now as in "been doing this professionally since the mid-90's" and as far as I can tell, modern project management principles are explicitly designed to make sure that I spend as much time as possible cranking out code and as little time as possible helping newcomers out. That may not be what the "scrum manifesto" says, but it's how the project management professionals charged with executing it interpret it.
- clarry 7y agoYeah? Being managed poorly doesn't mean they don't have the resources to do it differently. It just means they're not willing to expend those resources. My point is, if we look at the other end of the spectrum, we have small companies that literally cannot afford to mentor juniors while paying them a salary (and tying up the seniors' productive time). Here it's not a question of how your company chooses to manage things, it's a question of whether they can afford to spend 20% of the budget on something that may turn out not to produce anything of value. Even if they're willing, it's a big gamble and can really put the company out of business in worst case.