You need to be able to identify junior devs that are self driven. Or to be more ...

		rqtwteye on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Talent Search versus Talent Development (2019) [pd... You need to be able to identify junior devs that are self driven. Or to be more general, devs of any level that are self driven. I have developed several interns and was super happy with the result. But there were a lot of other interns and juniors (and seniors) where it was clear after a few months that they just don't have it.

Agreed. You also sometimes have to let them struggle or even fail at tasks to let them grow.