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Discussion on: Onboarding a junior developer to your team? Here's 12 tips.

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But one thing a team can always use is perspective, and that is easiest to get from a new person.

I'd always suspected this, but this is the first time I've read it written by someone else.

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Mike Bybee

Developer experience is no different than user experience in this regard. You don't know how many assumptions you assume you're not making, and only outside feedback and the more than occasional ELI5 request (see? I just used an acronym assuming everyone on Dev would know it... That's "Explain Like I'm 5" for those who didn't) can help to undo those assumptions.