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Mentorship is about more than writing "great code". I'm 6 months at a new place as an old. I've already imparted a lot of lessons about working with difficult team members, picking your fights, how to let go of "perfect", there are more important things than being right, etc. My team is already less stressed, more productive and generally happier. :D


Yes. Totally agree. My comment on code quality was just one tiny aspect of a large continuum.

Strong teams are critical to doing big stuff. You get strong teams through lots of “soft” skills.

And also keeping employees for multi-year stints.




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