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Re:Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never ha... by zmgsabst on Thursday February 22, 2024 @08:11PM (#39475626)
This, but seriously:

Let your junior colleagues fail on a schedule within the margin of error on your planning, but keep a close enough eye on them so you know how to bail it out if they can’t pull it together with a little extra time/guidance.

Okay — still give good code reviews, but if you let them face-plant a little on design, etc, then they get experience. And you don’t look dumb when it turns out they were right. But you do look like a hero when they’re struggling to get across the line, and you whisk in to fix it.

Re:Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never ha... by necrotic_comp on Friday February 23, 2024 @06:23AM (#39479295)
This is also just good practice in general. You learn through struggle, so giving juniors a safety net (when they don't know they have it), is a good way to get them up the curve.