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leesec on June 5, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why aren’t more companies remote-first?

>This is something I rarely see talked about. How do you hire a grad or junior dev who is remote?

You give them an offer.

>How do you mentor them and (over years) help them grow into a senior dev?

Same way you do in an office but over video chat.

jenkinstrigger on June 5, 2019 [–]

Yep, I've mentored junior developers over video chat and Slack. If they have good communication skills (which is much needed for remote!) then they can write questions or ask to be shown something remotely just as well as in person.

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