alt Hacker NewsI work at a place that is actively hiring juniors. While they don’t have an explicit rating system I feel like we unconsciously follow a similar pattern with new coders and it’s unfortunate.
Given that older staff generally have a legacy of responsibility they don’t always have the time required to coach people who lack that self-starting spark. The quality of the questions and how much effort they have put in to answer things themselves are what differentiates a C from a B.
Mostly you can quickly answer something a B asks. But a C who sponges up your day quickly gets categorised into not being given fun or difficult work.
With funding and resources this wouldn’t have to happen but the industry treats mentoring time as lost time. You aren’t getting your story points done if you’re helping somebody else do theirs.
The stupid agile bollocks management style has no eyes on the future of an organisation.
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How is the place you’re at approaching AI in this context?
As a senior I worry about the juniors coming in — Claude can do what I would have previously tasked to a junior.
I guess the shape of the junior role just changes.
Not to sound soulless but why would you want to invest on the C’s?
Unless we have no options I don’t see why so that. I’ve had to deal with people like that and it’s a tar pit.