How to Mix Junior and Senior Engineers on a Team

The selection of your team members might be influenced by capabilities, personality, and seniority. When thinking about seniority, natural questions arise on how many senior members is too many, how effectively a junior engineer would be able to address complex technical challenges, or if hiring graduates would boost creativity. One might assume that if you have a completely free hand in picking your crew, then you just go for the best and most senior engineers you can get. This is a tempting approach, but it can also turn into a grave mistake, as too many chefs in the kitchen may lead to frequent clashes. A software engineering team is ever-evolving and those who aren’t senior or principal today, might become one very soon in an appropriate learning environment. On the other hand, someone who is senior today might also soon become obsolete. To find a good middle ground between the two, here are some specific considerations that you can use. <h1>Team structures are not static</h1> Take a moment to imagine your team as a river that is constantly flowing and adapting, a <a href="https://imwrightshardcode.com/2005/09/september-1-2005-go-with-the-flowretention-and-turnover/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">concept introduced by I.M. Wright</a>. The metaphor compares the continuous inflow of new water needed to keep a river in motion as similar to the required inflow of new members on an engineering team. <a href="https://medium.com/management-matters/how-to-mix-junior-and-senior-engineers-on-a-team-22ab82b96aef">Visit Now</a>