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Dear colleagues, Let's say your company hired a remote developer. You want to guide him and train him on the trial period or because he's a junior developer.

Dear colleagues, Let's say your company hired a remote developer. You want to guide him and train him on the trial period or because he's a junior developer. How would you do that remotely? Can this app be the answer for you? It is a free experimental app I have developed. I am researching whether it can be helpful for senior developers, team leaders, or small IT-business owners like you. I appreciate your thoughts!

Sholmesy 5y ago
I think the premise is solid, the overhead of scheduling a chat/call can be daunting for Jnr devs, where as being in the room they would be totally fine/encouraged to reach out and ask questions. I think the implementation is going to put a lot of people off. I've seen a few attempts at something similar, but ultimately people want their privacy in their home.
alanfranz 5y ago
Why would I need a webcam? I used Drovio and it was fine.
Toutouxc 5y ago
I'm currently training a junior dev, and we're 100 % remote, because of Covid. We use JetBrains' Code With Me inside RubyMine, which allows us to work on code together and talk to each other at the same time. I don't need to see him and I especially don't want him to see my deep-thinking faces.
konart 5y ago
>How would you do that remotely? Give them a direction in a form a text(docs and code)\video resources and a few chants in Team (or whatever you are using) where they can ask question about the processes, code, repos, infrastructure etc. Give them a direction in a form of a set of tasks from a few easier ones to moderate. Give them 2-3 complex tasks they should be done with in 2-3 months time (3 months is a standard probation period here) Be ready to help them own, answer their questions and sometimes check in on them if they are silent for loner than expected. That's all that is needed if a person is older than 16. >Can this app be the answer for you? No, that's terrible in my opinion. I'm sitting in my apartment and someone is literally spying on me. The blurred video honestly looks like some sort of censored porn. And what is the point? I'm a dev. Not a typist or something. Most of my work takes place in my head, not over the keyboard. >I am researching whether it can be helpful for senior developers, team leaders Senior devs and team leads have better things to do rather than monitoring their coworkers.

Sholmesy 5y ago

I think the premise is solid, the overhead of scheduling a chat/call can be daunting for Jnr devs, where as being in the room they would be totally fine/encouraged to reach out and ask questions. I think the implementation is going to put a lot of people off. I've seen a few attempts at something similar, but ultimately people want their privacy in their home.

alanfranz 5y ago

Why would I need a webcam? I used Drovio and it was fine.

Toutouxc 5y ago

I'm currently training a junior dev, and we're 100 % remote, because of Covid. We use JetBrains' Code With Me inside RubyMine, which allows us to work on code together and talk to each other at the same time. I don't need to see him and I especially don't want him to see my deep-thinking faces.

konart 5y ago

>How would you do that remotely? Give them a direction in a form a text(docs and code)\video resources and a few chants in Team (or whatever you are using) where they can ask question about the processes, code, repos, infrastructure etc. Give them a direction in a form of a set of tasks from a few easier ones to moderate. Give them 2-3 complex tasks they should be done with in 2-3 months time (3 months is a standard probation period here) Be ready to help them own, answer their questions and sometimes check in on them if they are silent for loner than expected. That's all that is needed if a person is older than 16. >Can this app be the answer for you? No, that's terrible in my opinion. I'm sitting in my apartment and someone is literally spying on me. The blurred video honestly looks like some sort of censored porn. And what is the point? I'm a dev. Not a typist or something. Most of my work takes place in my head, not over the keyboard. >I am researching whether it can be helpful for senior developers, team leaders Senior devs and team leads have better things to do rather than monitoring their coworkers.