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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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   A listener named Mike asks,

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   I\u2019ve been offered an Engineering Management position at a company I previously worked for. The team is very small and composed of juniors and mid-level developers. The role is also completely new and because of the size and experience of the team there is some expectation that the manager will also have a fair amount of involvement in PR reviews and likely also writing some code. Is this common? Do you feel like a manager can also be a team lead from a technical perspective on a day to day basis? What should I be thinking about when considering this role?

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   How do I keep up juniors\u2019 morale regardless of bad code/ideas? I work in a team of 4-5 developers. We have one junior, one mid (me), one senior and our team lead. I think we mostly work well. However, sometimes the senior and team lead sort of talk down at the junior. For example, in a meeting talking about how to solve a problem the junior will propose an idea, but the senior and/or both team lead would respond by saying that no its not a good idea which is fine. However the tone of the voice often hints \u2018oh you should know this it\u2019s obvious you jamoke\u2019.

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   The junior has started to stay quiet and has told me he doesn\u2019t feel comfortable asking the seniors for help. I\u2019ve interjected in meetings to say I understand why the junior might have this idea but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the best solution. What should I do? Should I talk to the senior/team lead? Do I just let it play out?

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