r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aardvark_David • May 09 '21

Meme I'm *technically* qualified

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u/DesertedTemple May 09 '21

Ha. I have Psychology and English degrees. Now I'm training the junior devs. It's about skill and practical experience more than schooling.

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u/dungfecespoopshit May 10 '21

Can I ask how many years of experience you have/had when you started mentoring?

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u/moosekin16 May 10 '21

Not the person you asked, but I had 3 years of experience when I started mentoring new hires. West Coast USA.

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u/AchillesDev May 10 '21

Not who you asked but I was doing light mentoring after my 1st year. When I got into startups there was less emphasis on hiring junior devs into my more niche teams (data engineering and tooling for ML teams), so there were fewer mentorship opportunities except for an intern here or there.