Learning (and teaching) how to be a good programmer

I recently finished coaching a handful of engineers on Node.js development as part of Blue Harvest’s 6-week-long coaching program. I’m by no means an expert on the subject of coaching, teaching, training or whatever you want to call it (I’ll use those terms somewhat interchangeably throughout this article), but that last experience prompted me to share a thought or two about it.

Whatever the context (be it at Blue Harvest, Hack Your Future where I used to give Sunday lessons, or at work, where I spend as much time as possible mentoring juniors), I noticed one thing: teaching and learning…