I'm a generalist developer, preferring to have some skills in a variety of areas to being really good at only a few. I need to see how a technology solves real problems to really understand it.
This is great advice! One point in there that I'd like to lift up to be more explicit: Get to know the juniors as individuals. Different people learn differently, respond differently to the same teaching or mentoring. Don't adopt a cookie-cutter approach where you repeat what worked for someone else, but adapt your mentoring to each individual.
This is great advice! One point in there that I'd like to lift up to be more explicit: Get to know the juniors as individuals. Different people learn differently, respond differently to the same teaching or mentoring. Don't adopt a cookie-cutter approach where you repeat what worked for someone else, but adapt your mentoring to each individual.
💯 agree! Good point