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Ryan Bigg
April 27, 2016
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Hiring Juniors
These slides accompany most blog post here:
http://ryanbigg.com/2016/04/hiring-juniors/
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April 27, 2016
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Transcript
Juniors
1. The “D” word
Back in my day…
Present Day
“When is my bug going to be fixed?”
“We are hiring a senior Rails developer” - literally every
company
The Ruby Senior Talent Pool
None
None
‼You’re building CRUD apps ‼
None
None
2. Contributing back
“But what do we get back?”
“But what do we get back?” “We have earned so
much”
It’s OK to hire non-senior developers.
None
None
( ( <
“But what if they leave?”
3. Finding Juniors
Code Academies
None
Other Juniors
None
None
4. Mentorship
Ruby Hack Night
Foster a learning environment
No “dumb” questions
Pairing builds confidence
Reinforce knowledge
None
Autonomy
Encourage code reviews
None
Maslow’s Hierarchy
It’s OK to hire non-senior developers.
Invest back in the community.
Hire and mentor a junior.
Dave Hoover’s Windy City Rails talk: https://www.windycityrails.com/videos/2014/#16 Julia Claven’s graph:
http://juliaclavien.tumblr.com/post/140738533238/new-hires- from-liability-to-hopefully-asset