0. 1. 8. WE'VE GOT ISSUES. "Too many" junior developers on the market. "Too hard" to recruit senior developers ... I giv
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(OR: HOW TO LEARN GOOD AND DO OTHER THINGS GOOD TOO)
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR JUNIOR DEV
Who said it: junior or senior dev?
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LET'S PLAY A GAME!
"I've been really stuck on this one thing for like, two days." "I just learned X and now it feels like I need to learn Y."
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"I have no idea what I'm doing."
we're all learning ALL THE TIME ...just to stay relevant 😅😅😅
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TRICK QUESTION!
"Too many" junior developers on the market "Too hard" to recruit senior developers
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WE'VE GOT ISSUES.
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WE CAN FIX THIS.
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MENTORSHIP IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WRITING CODE.
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I DON'T BELONG HERE
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BECAUSE I HAD TO. I FIGURED THIS OUT
1 cut out the noise 2 repeat repeat repeat 3 value context 4 have empathy
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HOW DO WE DO THIS
Reduce the overwhelm in order to focus on the important.
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CUT OUT THE NOISE
The apple is red. It is John’s apple. I give John the apple. We give him the apple. He gives it to John. She gives it to him.
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MINIMUM EFFECTIVE DOSE.
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WHAT IS THE MVD OF YOUR CODEBASE?
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THE .MAP() METHOD ASYNC CODE & CALLBACKS IMMUTABILITY
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CLASSES IN JAVASCRIPT
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YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING
LEARNERS
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focus on the fundamentals look for patterns when you figure something out, see if you can explain it to someone else
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CUT OUT THE NOISE
MENTORS
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isolate the fundamentals and make sure you can explain them well ask your dev to explain things back to you identify gaps in knowledge
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CUT OUT THE NOISE
With repetition, the brain can start to identify and learn patterns.
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REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT
At the edge of your abilities, improving every time. (if you practice mediocrity, you stay mediocre)
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DEEP PRACTICE
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MAKE MISTAKES FIX THEM RINSE AND REPEAT
LEARNERS
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build a ton of small projects memorize syntax so you can focus on logic
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REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT
MENTORS
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have frequent, planned feedback on the schedule bring your dev into code reviews for other people's PRs assign similar tasks and let the brain figure out the pattern
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REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT
Don't lose sight of the big picture.
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VALUE CONTEXT
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LEARNERS
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look at other code / mimic to start find or make starter files (don't get caught up on the build tools)
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VALUE CONTEXT
MENTORS
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paired programming
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keep the first few tasks clear and small in scope
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VALUE CONTEXT
Being at the beginning of the learning journey is a very vulnerable place to be.
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HAVE EMPATHY
STARTING A FITNESS JOURNEY. DATING SOMEONE NEW.
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LEARNING A NEW INSTRUMENT.
LEARNERS & MENTORS • •
be kind! (to yourself and others) remember that feeling of being new at something
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HAVE EMPATHY
1 cut out the noise 2 repeat repeat repeat 3 value context 4 have empathy
