Why Are We Afraid to Hire Junior Rails Developers? - Joe Masilotti

Joe, founder of RailsDevs, joined us at The Rails SaaS Conference in Los Angeles, California to talk about the benefits of hiring junior developers and to share tips on how companies and development teams can hire and work with juniors more effectively.
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3:25 - Why junior developers?
7:07 - Common objections
9:19 - What works: hiring
14:23 - What works once they’re hired
16:47 - Mentorship
20:14 - The power of pair programming
24:51 - My challenge for you