Presentation on working with Jr. Software Developers.

1. From Sidekick
To Hero
@marcusfulbright IRC: m-bright

2. Jr. Developers

6. Where Do
You Start?

7. Nashville Software
School

9. Things To Look
For:

10. Ability to
Learn & Apply
Concepts

11. Concepts Over
Specifics

12. Hungry For
Knowledge

13. Problem Solving
Mindset

14. Ask Good
Questions

16. Questions Are
Good Thing

17. Guidelines for
Asking
Questions

18. Due Diligence

19. Avoid Repeats

20. Identify The
Problem

21. On Job...

22. Write Tests

23. Specific Tasks
(add /this/ method)
(add /this/ method)

24. Low Hanging
Fruit Refactoring

25. Research

26. The Jr Isn’t
Responsible For...

29. Feedback
Mechanisms

32. Do WhatYou Already
KnowYou Should Be
Doing

33. Make It Easy To
Set Up

34. Good
Documentation

35. Allow For
Refactoring

36. Use Automated
Tests

37. (make the Jr. write
them)

39. Conclusion