I am a developer with a passion for testing. I've been coding for 14 years and I want to share my experience and learnings with other developers to help them write better software.
I am a hard-working frontend(React) developer with extensive experience building scalable and maintainable applications. Good working experience with Nodejs/Express, MongoDb, PostgreSQL
"I'm the most talented developer you'll ever meet. Let me teach you a think or two."
"What could a(n) person ever teach me?"
"You'd be fools not to hire me."
"I'm already so proficient, you're just a way to get 'experience' to prove what I already know."
The two most absurd candidates in this way we've encountered were:
(a) A 19-yr-old who had built "half an app in C#" (and nothing else), but was determined to school everyone in the company at how we should be building software, and
(b) A candidate in his late 30s who showed up to the interview wearing dirty, torn clothes, and whom hadn't showered or brushed his teeth (I could smell him when he shook my hand), and proceeded to tell us what a brilliant coder he was...when his code was actually sub-par by even our forgiving standards. And then he tells us he had already taken another job, but "he could fit us in maybe".
I guess a lot about being a junior developer is tied to the trait of BEING HUMBLE (especially since transitioning is dependent on how well Juniors act upon feedback. No one will want to give feedback to a proud folk)
Senior devs should not instantly disregard junior devs input as they often are very keen to follow best practices and have great knowledge about up and coming technology. But like Jason suggested there can also be a lot of unfounded ego, or at least a lack of understanding of the bigger picture.
I'd agree with Prosper in the being "humble" is the most important trait for junior and also senior devs. There always someone else, regardless of experience, who knows way more than you about something!
If you're hiring a 'Junior Developer' you're not looking for a list of technical skills / experience.
Instead you're looking for traits such as:
Can't echo this sentiment enough. You're looking to hire a person, not a computer.
i agree
Why attention to detail is like a computer?
It isn't. I was agreeing with you.
I wish I could like this more than once.
Hello Rob;
I am a junior front end developer, I would like to connect to your network to learn and grow
...a lack of an ego.
Eight years experience hiring junior developers, and I'm still shocked at the egos I see sometimes.
"Junior developer ego"
is that a pointer to overly being defensive? or being proud generally?
It has many flavors, including:
The two most absurd candidates in this way we've encountered were:
(a) A 19-yr-old who had built "half an app in C#" (and nothing else), but was determined to school everyone in the company at how we should be building software, and
(b) A candidate in his late 30s who showed up to the interview wearing dirty, torn clothes, and whom hadn't showered or brushed his teeth (I could smell him when he shook my hand), and proceeded to tell us what a brilliant coder he was...when his code was actually sub-par by even our forgiving standards. And then he tells us he had already taken another job, but "he could fit us in maybe".
Wow! 😂
I guess a lot about being a junior developer is tied to the trait of BEING HUMBLE (especially since transitioning is dependent on how well Juniors act upon feedback. No one will want to give feedback to a proud folk)
I'd attribute this to the Dunning-Kruger effect (A term I've very recently learnt about).
Senior devs should not instantly disregard junior devs input as they often are very keen to follow best practices and have great knowledge about up and coming technology. But like Jason suggested there can also be a lot of unfounded ego, or at least a lack of understanding of the bigger picture.
I'd agree with Prosper in the being "humble" is the most important trait for junior and also senior devs. There always someone else, regardless of experience, who knows way more than you about something!
I agree.
Also, for a split second, I thought "Dunning-Kruger" was also the name of the company in The Office (it's actually Dunder Mifflin). 😂