Panel: How to Grow Strong Developers
summary
Panel discussion about building strong JavaScript engineering teams covering definitions of senior vs. mid-level developers, hiring via company-run schools, and onboarding pitfalls. It reviews practices to grow mid developers into seniors without losing them—goal setting, 1:1s, 360 reviews, competency matrices, cross-team tasks—plus pros/cons of guilds and committees, rotating people between teams, technical talks, and a tech radar to track company direction.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:25Panelists' experience
- 10:27Developer levels
- 17:36Mid to senior transition
- 25:10Team lead role
- 33:45Grading systems
- 41:30Alternative evaluation
- 51:03Tech and domain knowledge
- 1:04:39Company support
- 1:17:17Promotion and firing
- 1:21:47Growing strong devs
- 1:26:54Soft skills importance
- 1:35:27Q&A
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