November 6 - 8, 2019
Des Moines Central Library
1000 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa

Keynote: Developing a Culture of Mentorship

Thursday | 10:00 - 10:45am
Candy Corn

Teaser

We often get absorbed with completing our deadlines to spend any time considering the future of our teams. By not mentoring new developers we are failing at providing new developers with the industry experience they need to be successful.

Description

Tessa Kriesel
Tessa Kriesel

It’s easy to spend your entire day, heads down, coding projects without thinking twice about other developers around you. We often get too absorbed with completing our immediate deadlines to spend any time considering the future of our projects, the future of our teams. By not mentoring new developers we are failing our future. We are failing at providing new developers with the industry experience they need to be a one-day successful candidate for our teams.

In this talk, we will talk about:

  • Why your organization should hire junior developers
  • How to write better job descriptions for junior developers
  • How to create a mentorship program within your organization
  • Where to find mentors or junior developers seeking mentorship
  • How to be an effective mentor & mentee
  • Shocking statistics about our job outlook and developer market

 

keynote | mentoring

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