Re: Mentoring a Coworker

raisenero wrote:
Lately I've had a problem trying to mentor a co-worker. Strictly
speaking, it's not my job to mentor them. But if he doesn't get
better, the rest of us can't get real work done. ...
He lacks some of the most basic programming skills. ...
The biggest problem is that he doesn't learn. ...
I don't mean to sound like an elitist. When I first started here, I
know I made mistakes too. ...

This paper might be of interest: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How
Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated
Self-Assessments
via http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/journal/?p=60

From what I see, the problem seems endemic in American workplaces.

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