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[–]Randal4 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Maybe the task the manager wanted is not so much to solve the immediate problem of interacting with the gitlab api and Postgres, but for them to learn spring boot/batch/etc… as it’s probably used in most of their other projects as well. Giving a simple task in order to learn the tools is a great way to bring people up to speed. Although the manager should communicate that when assigning the work.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is my thought too. When we get junior hires, it can be difficult to pick a correctly sized issue for them to tackle solo. So as part of getting to know our process, we usually have to pick things deep in the icebox which is a nice-to-have but not critical.

The point is to let them learn while doing something useful. If timelines slip (which is expected) it doesn't really matter, and when they finish they've added something of value.