It might not necessarily be everyone's cup of tea, but I wouldn't quite say that managing junior devs is an "extra job" or something that should be seen as a burden. Junior developers are openminded and extremely eager to learn. I believe that working with juniors can help improve communication skills and enforce the understanding you have of programming concepts by teaching — not to mention you'd be directly contributing to the growth of your peers.
Like someone else here mentioned, I have definitely had experiences where others were slacking at university when working on group projects, but I'm fortunate enough to have never experienced this in a work setting. 😅
If this happened to me in a professional environment, though, I'd share constructive feedback with the colleague who is not meeting certain expectations. Maybe you could even work on the task together if he or she struggles performing the task at hand individually, and provide help and guidance. Depending on whether the work needs to be completed urgently, I'd take on the work if needed because ultimately, the entire team is responsible for something to get done (rather than me saying "well, this is not something I am supposed to be doing").
How do you typically manage situations like these?
The lesson I've learned from my personal experience is if you do this often people will start to take advantage of it sooner or later. Do not make this a habit, instead, be open to them about why this is not your task and explain the consequences if they would not do a particular task.
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It might not necessarily be everyone's cup of tea, but I wouldn't quite say that managing junior devs is an "extra job" or something that should be seen as a burden. Junior developers are openminded and extremely eager to learn. I believe that working with juniors can help improve communication skills and enforce the understanding you have of programming concepts by teaching — not to mention you'd be directly contributing to the growth of your peers.
Like someone else here mentioned, I have definitely had experiences where others were slacking at university when working on group projects, but I'm fortunate enough to have never experienced this in a work setting. 😅
If this happened to me in a professional environment, though, I'd share constructive feedback with the colleague who is not meeting certain expectations. Maybe you could even work on the task together if he or she struggles performing the task at hand individually, and provide help and guidance. Depending on whether the work needs to be completed urgently, I'd take on the work if needed because ultimately, the entire team is responsible for something to get done (rather than me saying "well, this is not something I am supposed to be doing").
How do you typically manage situations like these?
The lesson I've learned from my personal experience is if you do this often people will start to take advantage of it sooner or later. Do not make this a habit, instead, be open to them about why this is not your task and explain the consequences if they would not do a particular task.