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Discussion on: Rubber duck debugging doesn't need to involve a duck!

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David J Eddy

I used jr. level team members. 'Hey, you want to help fix this?' I found it to be three-fold helpful:

1) I have to explain the issue and system using common understanding.
2) Helps the Jr. team member understand more concerning the system under work.
3) Shows that I do not know everything; as non of us do.

Together we would work through an issue and I would credit them with the solution in the Merge Request (public appreciation).

Anyone else every do this?

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𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝

That's a great idea! I haven't tried it myself yet, but I will. I think number 3 is super important; it also teaches junior dev's that it's OKAY to not know everything and to ask questions.

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Zohar Peled

public appreciation is also very important. Though my Jr. days are long forgotten, Nothing feels better than having a senior (at least, higher ranking than yourself) developer publicly credit you for your help.