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One of the major advantages of mentoring for us "self taught" type is to get a second opinion and weed out bad habits. I can successfully write functional code

One of the major advantages of mentoring for us "self taught" type is to get a second opinion and weed out bad habits. I can successfully write functional code, but having a colleague from a different background helped me enormously with how I worked and what I did. Also for a lot of companies hiring the "average" worker, who typically don't write code in their spare time on weekends, graduates need a lot more help to get up to speed.

lapcat 3y ago
> I can successfully write functional code, but having a colleague from a different background helped me enormously with how I worked and what I did. Is that mentoring or just standard collaboration with colleagues? Code review certainly isn't mentoring per se. > Also for a lot of companies hiring the "average" worker, who typically don't write code in their spare time on weekends, graduates need a lot more help to get up to speed. Well, BigCos are forcing a return to the office, and they supposedly hire "the best", not the average.
- Incipient 3y ago
  >Is that mentoring or just standard collaboration with colleagues A combination of collaboration and informal discussion/mentoring. Code review absolutely isn't mentoring. It's the discussions around how to approach things, and other tips and tricks. >Well, BigCos are forcing a return to the office, and they supposedly hire "the best", not the average. The average worker is still better than 50% of the workforce. Big companies may get "better than average", but by definition the best only end up at a very small set of companies.
  - lapcat 3y ago
    > It's the discussions around how to approach things, and other tips and tricks. Senior developers do this with each other all the time. > by definition the best only end up at a very small set of companies. I was talking about a very small set of companies.

lapcat 3y ago

> I can successfully write functional code, but having a colleague from a different background helped me enormously with how I worked and what I did. Is that mentoring or just standard collaboration with colleagues? Code review certainly isn't mentoring per se. > Also for a lot of companies hiring the "average" worker, who typically don't write code in their spare time on weekends, graduates need a lot more help to get up to speed. Well, BigCos are forcing a return to the office, and they supposedly hire "the best", not the average.

Incipient 3y ago
>Is that mentoring or just standard collaboration with colleagues A combination of collaboration and informal discussion/mentoring. Code review absolutely isn't mentoring. It's the discussions around how to approach things, and other tips and tricks. >Well, BigCos are forcing a return to the office, and they supposedly hire "the best", not the average. The average worker is still better than 50% of the workforce. Big companies may get "better than average", but by definition the best only end up at a very small set of companies.
- lapcat 3y ago
  > It's the discussions around how to approach things, and other tips and tricks. Senior developers do this with each other all the time. > by definition the best only end up at a very small set of companies. I was talking about a very small set of companies.