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Re:How to grow into your best developer self by Clubber on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @08:13AM (#13062799)
Try your team lead. Don't expect long philosophical conversations, but if they do a code review, make sure to ask "why?". Not like, "why, you dumbass?" but "why did you make that decision, what are the pro's and con's?"

I used to send emails to my favorite professors just to say hi, or to ask questions, I'm sure they enjoyed the conversation as much as I did.

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Re:How to grow into your best developer self by larry_pi on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @08:20AM (#13062834)
I can definitely agree with this. Even though I've only held a couple of individual training sessions, the worst ones are where nobody asks anything and people just leave. No feedback on whether this session was any good or did I just completely blew it.

I'll gladly hang around to address any questions. It shows that you're genuinely interested in the matter. Don't be afraid of coming across as a beginner either - asking questions is how you learn.

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