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I've seen quite a few junior developers that either lack the "inquisitiveness" or that it's too weak to overcome even a self-imposed deadline. They get things "working" but don't take time to understand the system first.

As senior developer, I have to go in and stop them repeatedly and make them rework it. Up until now, I've told them why it's wrong and that basically does all their thinking for them. Now I'm wondering if I need to drag that step out and make them come up with the solution instead.

The problem I've been debating lately is how to instill that inquisitiveness in my junior and mid-level devs when they lack it. (I'd been saying they don't think holistically, but I think inquisitiveness is a good work for a trait that will lead to that.)

I'm thinking maybe I change my code reviews to have some video chat time where I lead them through the problem instead of telling them.




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