Re:How to set junior employees up for success in remote
by prepend on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:20AM
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I like pair programming and think I learned a ton by being the junior “driving” while the senior was “navigating.”
But I’ve also had some nightmare scenarios with people who just massively slack and do nothing. I worked with someone who wanted to “navigate” in 10/10 sessions and never said anything. They just watched me do stuff, didn’t respond to questions, didn’t work on docs, didn’t look stuff up. It was weird.
Mismatches like this made me eventually stop doing it as the team ended up separating out to pairs of superstars and pairs who did nothing. And it demoralized people.
But I’ve also had some nightmare scenarios with people who just massively slack and do nothing. I worked with someone who wanted to “navigate” in 10/10 sessions and never said anything. They just watched me do stuff, didn’t respond to questions, didn’t work on docs, didn’t look stuff up. It was weird.
Mismatches like this made me eventually stop doing it as the team ended up separating out to pairs of superstars and pairs who did nothing. And it demoralized people.