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This, but seriously: Let your junior colleagues fail on a schedule within the margin of error on your planning, but keep a close enough eye on them so you know
by zmgsabst 3y ago
This, but seriously:
Let your junior colleagues fail on a schedule within the margin of error on your planning, but keep a close enough eye on them so you know how to bail it out if they can’t pull it together with a little extra time/guidance.
Okay — still give good code reviews, but if you let them face-plant a little on design, etc, then they get experience. And you don’t look dumb when it turns out they were right. But you do look like a hero when they’re struggling to get across the line, and you whisk in to fix it.
- necrotic_comp 3y agoThis is also just good practice in general. You learn through struggle, so giving juniors a safety net (when they don't know they have it), is a good way to get them up the curve.