Mentoring College Grads
If you want to groom/mentor a college grad (fresher) to be a software developer in any language what are the very initial thoughts you will put in her/his mind?
Short ans: Business [biz] value
Long ans: Biz value is very important and good quality software which helps solve the real biz problem is a great start. Educating them that technology and process are means to achieve this and not an end in themselves. IMHO, making someone realize this is a huge step forward.
August 21st, 2007 at 9:46 am
I would suggest them to get a solid understanding of the basics in any technology.
September 4th, 2007 at 5:30 am
That’s a great suggestion Naresh!. I’m hoping that College Grads with Management background think along those lines at the same token it doesn’t surprise me if otherwise.
Lately I’ve been practicing ‘Lateral Thinking’ for fun
and it gave me an idea of making a business case to VTU so that next-generation students recognize the criticality of “Biz Value” if, it was part of their academics.