Junior as an investment: Why to have one on the team and how to onboard them

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Talk explains why hiring junior developers is a long-term investment and how to onboard them effectively. It covers how to find juniors with rapid-growth potential, the concrete benefits juniors bring to a programming team and company, and practical do's and don'ts to avoid wasting that investment.

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1. 0:00Juniors as investment
2. 1:27Who is a junior
3. 2:56Junior as risk
4. 4:44Finding juniors
5. 5:49Selecting juniors
6. 6:33Signs of effort
7. 7:56Learning ability
8. 9:01How juniors enrich teams
9. 10:28Juniors improve processes
10. 11:15Mentoring juniors

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