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Discussion on: How do you approach working with juniors working their first professional programming job?

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Ross Henderson

I suppose I would call myself a Junior Developer. I've been coding for a year and a half, but I've only got an official role within the last month. I've taught myself HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, PL/SQL, jQuery, and a little more. But I have done it all practically myself. Our "Senior Dev" has done very little to help me, and in some ways that has made me a better Developer. I very rarely ask questions now, as I know I won't get an answer and it's better if I use my time figuring it out myself.

But I also feel that means we don't share knowledge like I see people talk about. It is frustrating at time, and I won't lie, sometimes it makes me hate my job. But it also means I want to be better than him and I know that if I was in his position, I would do things very different.