Coaching through Coding

Explore strategies for coaching and mentoring through everyday technical activities in this 33-minute conference talk. Learn how to leverage opportunities beyond traditional one-on-one conversations to support team members' career growth. Discover techniques for effective coaching during pair programming, code reviews, debugging sessions, and even non-coding tasks like estimating and creating architecture diagrams. Gain insights into the differences between mentorship and coaching, and understand how to foster a culture of continuous learning and development within your team. Presented by Mercedes Bernard, a Principal software engineer and engineering manager, this talk challenges the conventional view of mentorship and encourages developers to find coaching opportunities in unexpected places.