Preceptorship model
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A supervised mentorship approach where learners train closely with experienced practitioners.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 4InfoQ·9/14/2026researchScott Hanselman on Training Developers in the AI Era
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel and Scott Hanselman discuss how to develop new software engineers when AI agents handle much of the routine work that junior developers traditionally learned from. Hanselman argues the industry may need a preceptorship model similar to nursing to better train and mentor newcomers.