Proper Care and Feeding of Junior Developers

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Argues that mentoring is a business problem not a nicety, with a small survey of several hundred respondents backing that claim and high recruiting/onboarding costs as the risk. Gives concrete steps: require managers know who mentors, keep a written record of mentee wins for reviews, run a 10–15 minute tour of Jira and the codebase, provide an internal setup repository for dev environments, schedule short weekly one‑on‑ones and measurable goals so juniors progress and retention improves.

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1. 0:00Introduction and background
2. 3:56Why mentoring matters
3. 8:52Mentoring for career growth
4. 14:06How to mentor effectively
5. 23:58Final thoughts and Q&A

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