A glass shard problem

Fresh developers are like sharp glass shards in an ocean.

They have strong opinions. Clear preferences. Everything is black and white, good patterns and bad patterns, right ways and wrong ways.

But time smooths those edges. Experience teaches you that most technical decisions are about tradeoffs, not absolutes. You become more open to different approaches.

This creates an interesting leadership challenge.

The people with the sharpest questions often lack the confidence to ask them. The people with the confidence have learned to stop asking the uncomfortable questions.

You need both in your decision-making process.