{"id":99,"date":"2011-09-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madprogrammer76.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/29\/can-senior-developers-learn-from-junior-developers"},"modified":"2011-09-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T12:00:00","slug":"can-senior-developers-learn-from-junior-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/can-senior-developers-learn-from-junior-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Senior Developers Learn From Junior Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I relate this back to when you are listening to grandparents tell story after story. \u00a0Somewhere in those stories you learn from their history. \u00a0Now when they ask about you, they learn more modern things. \u00a0 Like the time I showed grandpa how to tour castles from my computer. \u00a0 He learned that there was a tremendous amount of information at their fingertips, if they\u00a0embraced\u00a0something new.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to listen to each other. \u00a0 We as senior developers have lots to teach, but we also have lots to learn. \u00a0 Most of us have been doing the same thing day-in and day-out. \u00a0 We have learned new languages and new technologies, but not necessarily to the extent of the new developers joining your team. \u00a0They have recently exited their programs to join the work force. \u00a0During their college or university days, they had a hunger to learn. \u00a0Most of them soaked up everything their teach taught them and then explored other avenues and ideas to a greater extent. \u00a0New developers are little sponges and you never know what they have absorbed during their school. \u00a0Most after graduation have continued their learning either through their senior developer, through further\u00a0schooling\u00a0or simple through other means like reading or internet.<\/p>\n<p>I am a believer that I cannot know everything and that everyone has something to teach me. \u00a0 I have had some very good junior developers show me some cool new tricks. \u00a0 Through those new tricks, I am able to show them how to refine those tricks into something truly amazing. \u00a0 There are some great minds out there.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, today&#8217;s junior developers are doing things that we did not even fathom at their age. \u00a0 I went to school with Windows 3.1, OS2 warp and COBOL programming. \u00a0 They went to school with DotNet, PHP and Windows 7 and Linux.<\/p>\n<p>I currently do not have a junior developer working with me, but when I did; 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