Spearheaded company’s full stack initiative to cross train developers (devs) and implement best practices in both stacks. Features Pioneered architectural review process requiring developers to create entity relationship diagrams ERDs prior to writing code.
Client Journey:
Initial Meetings
Onboarding new devs was time-consuming
Backend devs built APIs without considering Frontend and vice-versa
Time wasted on rejected Pull Requests because architecture wasn’t approved
Consulted on these items:
Training developers to be “full stack” would simplify assigning tickets
Creating videos and live-course training material would expedite onboarding
Putting an “architecture review process in place” would catch poor decisions early
Project Completion
Nascent “full stack” devs worked in tandem
Applications built with scalability in mind
New devs relieved they could follow tutorials
Mentor Skills:
Empathetically mentored junior developers taking their experience, interests and learning styles into account
Balanced developer interests and skill sets when assigning tickets and encouraging all to “leave comfort zone”