In software development, true leadership mixes both technical know-how with effective communication. Asking questions skillfully helps growth and team unity, beyond just getting answers.
In this article, I am not trying to provide any technical tips for handling an old project. It aims to offer a few ideas to follow if you want to keep your sanity while being assigned a legacy project. We are going to take a look at what roughly makes up a legacy and try to find why it may not be as bad as it looks at the first glance.
As a software developer, there is a high possibility of finding yourself in a mentoring relationship. Whether it is a formal or informal one, mentorship might be overwhelming especially if it is the first one you are engaged in. In this article, I am trying to give some pointers on easily navigating this experience and getting as much as possible from it.
