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I feel like there is a large selfish component with seniors thriving in WFH; the hidden costs are, for one, less impromptu unaccounted for time helping juniors

I feel like there is a large selfish component with seniors thriving in WFH; the hidden costs are, for one, less impromptu unaccounted for time helping juniors either with tech questions or mentoring. This maybe works for now, but makes me wonder how this will play out when the current generations of workers who trained pre-COVID retire out and the current juniors get into those roles. Alternatively, what good measures are there to help the current junior roles? I see people saying it's a culture problem but it seems a very new problem with not many publicized solutions.

jareklupinski 2y ago
> what good measures are there to help the current junior roles? i always make it very clear that anyone can reach me asynchronously whenever they want, and i will always strive to give a clear answer when i'm able to i think some juniors have been burned by asking the wrong person the wrong thing at the wrong time and believe it was their fault for asking sometimes people just had a bad breakfast
- rimunroe 2y ago
  > i always make it very clear that anyone can reach me asynchronously whenever they want, and i will always strive to give a clear answer when i'm able to This is good, but in my experience being proactive in reaching out to juniors is critical in a remote environment, especially if your company or team doesn't have an obviously healthy culture