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If you've been working at a place for a while, it's easier to be a mentor because you will just naturally know a lot of things that people will want to ask you. And maybe they would ask you for some advice as well. I think it's harder for people who are just joining a company, unless they are joining at a pretty senior position. I do enjoy mentoring people but the initiative has to come from them.
I also think that truly good programmers are born, not made. It's hard to describe, but the code that someone who is young and inexperienced would create is very different than the code which someone who is just fundamentally no good would write. A good programmer can write good code in any language, and probably wants to write the code, even if there is existing code that is working fine. A bad programmer will never write good code, only good enough code. And probably doesn't want to write the code, and will make some excuse in an interview for how pseudocode is good enough.
Hiring is a big part of a company's corporate culture. If you feel like there's maybe one bad person on a team of many, then sure maybe tough it out. If you feel like you're the smartest person in the room, then I would say get the hell out of there (unless you're also the best paid person in the room). You can't even change one person-- you ought to know that from your past relationships. You're not going to change a company, unless you're Rupert Murdoch's son and the boss has gotten you a seat on the board. In which case, why the hell are you reading caltrops? Is it just for the TDARCOS section? |
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Started a new job. by Oom Shnibble 03/13/2015, 8:34am PDT 
Is she receptive to feedback? Are any of them? by Shredder 03/13/2015, 12:52pm PDT
Re: Started a new job. by Mysterio 03/13/2015, 6:07pm PDT
Re: Started a new job. by Ol' Fishbowl Head 03/13/2015, 8:50pm PDT
Re: Started a new job. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/18/2015, 10:01am PDT
There's two kinds of employees, though. by Kenji Carter 03/18/2015, 10:03am PDT
Re: Started a new job. by Oom Shnibble 03/18/2015, 10:40am PDT
You should leave and go someplace with better developers. by blackwater 03/18/2015, 10:04pm PDT
Re: You should leave and go someplace with better developers. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/18/2015, 10:11pm PDT
Re: You should leave and go someplace with better developers. by Mysterio's Dept Lead 03/18/2015, 11:07pm PDT
Re: You should leave and go someplace with better developers. by Oom Shnibble 03/19/2015, 12:02am PDT
It sort of depends on people's attitudes. by blackwater 03/24/2015, 12:53am PDT
Oppress her, Shnibble! For the Patriarchy! NT by Roop 03/13/2015, 6:52pm PDT
I'd have to see the code NT by Entropy Stew 03/13/2015, 7:46pm PDT
Here's why I'm not accusing Shnibble of being a lunatic by Entropy Stew 03/13/2015, 10:22pm PDT
Re: I'd have to see the code by Oom Shnibble 03/18/2015, 9:25am PDT
It's almost like the compiler's trying to tell her something by what could it mean? 03/18/2015, 10:04am PDT
Jesus, fuck, no. by Oom Shnibble 03/18/2015, 10:25am PDT
Holy shit NT by Entropy Stew 03/19/2015, 12:38am PDT
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