Asking Curious Questions Instead of Making Assumptions

Sally and Aji discuss their experiences with invisible mentorship when it comes to code review.

Together they question when is the right time to have conversations with your team in a bid to chase improvement, the importance of understanding your co-workers perspectives, as well as the best ways to initiate a mentoring moment.

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Check out some of the things mentioned in this episode - The Coding Train - Sarah Mel’s Livable Code

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