LogFAQs > #962828968

first of all, i should've already said congratulations on making the switch- it's a good life. i appreciate the answers. you can rest easy that i don't need the pitch :)

are you mostly excited? do you have imposter syndrome?

HanOfTheNekos posted...

ANYWAY bootcampers will do as you teach them, probably without ego.

haha, you'd be surprised. the main thing i've learned is that there are a LOT of interesting people out there, and if you're anywhere near friendly, reasonable, intelligent and willing to learn you're kind of a slam dunk. i used to have a lot of imposter syndrome until i started being the official manager for people and dealing with all the different varieties of nonsense

i've helped hire a few boot campers, and i think success comes down to screening extra heavily on personality. Having a lot of mentorship/code review available is also mandatory, as is having a lot of doable work for them to grind through. if any of those are missing you need to realize you should be hiring more senior devs or at least college grads (i'd say early stage companies shouldn't even have any juniors)

you don't need to answer- and without revealing too much- what do they have you doing? UI, testing, CRUD? just kind of curious.