Supporting jr engineers comes with some specific needs IMO, regardless of remote or onsite : 1. Senior engineer time is the main constraint, in the sense, more

Supporting jr engineers comes with some specific needs IMO, regardless of remote or onsite : 1. Senior engineer time is the main constraint, in the sense, more experienced engineers need to be available to mentor them and break down tasks, concepts etc 2. clarity of purpose / problem being solved (related to #1) 3. feeling safe, and ready to ask questions - have some kind of 'office hours' on a daily basis In an office environment , there are opportunities for hallway chats, in addition to physical meetings (where there is increased incentive/pressure for the jr. engineer to bring up questions). The remote jr. engineer also feels left alone, since seniors are busy. Seniors usually have tenure, so know the background, and are empowered with lots of info.. they can plough ahead, the breakdown of tasks is relatively tractable.. but not for Jrs. An Org needs to create a daily 'win' potential for them to take them forward .. instead it becomes for each his/her his own (shell).