I'm actually already struggling with some of what you mentioned. One of the interns has a way of thinking that is much more about intuition and guessing than actually reasoning through things. I've helped other people before to learn how to think and reason more, but it's a lot of work and the brain habit of guessing (usually guessing wrong) never really goes away fully. I'm not sure if it's worth the time and effort, or if maybe there is some different kind of work I can guide them towards.
I'm actually already struggling with some of what you mentioned. One of the interns has a way of thinking that is much more about intuition and guessing than actually reasoning through things. I've helped other people before to learn how to think and reason more, but it's a lot of work and the brain habit of guessing (usually guessing wrong) never really goes away fully. I'm not sure if it's worth the time and effort, or if maybe there is some different kind of work I can guide them towards.
Learning how to reason is tough. That’s something you either have or you don’t, or at the very least they should have learned it in university.
I would fire them and move on if they’re consistently just guessing and not able to think through a problem.
Being able to reason and think a few steps ahead is a requirement to write good software.