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Discussion on: How to Support the Junior Dev on Your Team

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Leigh Barnes

Great article!

One thing I have found is to refrain from doing a keyboard takeover, yes it can be tough to not just crank out the solution to their question. Let them ask the questions and explain the process as outlined above.

Allow a safe space to fail, and a safe space for those fails to become key learnings.

I love the passion new devs add to my team and we are always trying to bring on new entrys to the industry. Focus on sustainable addition where team members can support them efficiently. We have found a 3 experienced devs to one new dev seems to allow enough support to help them get going with enough support.