Can’t find enough senior engineers? Want to increase your team’s diversity? Hire junior developers! We’ll detail our shared successes and challenges in creating a fully remote mentorship program that has mentored over 25 people, with up to 5 mentees at a time. With practical tips and advice, you can get started on building your team through a junior developer mentorship program.
We come from two very different backgrounds: a lead developer who wrangled the hiring pipeline and saw a need for mentorship, and a junior developer starting her career who went through the mentorship program and ended up leading it.