Transforming AI Assistance from Automation to Education: The Story Behind Goose Mentor Mode
Kim is fresh out of the academy and has spent only 18 months learning development. When I asked her how she felt about Goose she had mixed reactions. While she found it cool that it could do so much for her, she wasn’t actually sure of what it was doing for her half the time, and also why. When she asked Goose to fix a broken build, or chase a bug, It would complete the task and claim ‘Success!’. Which is great, however she felt she wasn’t actually learning as much as when she was in the academy. Add on that sometimes she didn’t even know what to ask Goose to do sometimes.
That afternoon I started to see if I could get Goose to be more than just a ‘magic box’ for my Junior Devs. What if Goose could instead act as a mentor and also teach as well as speeding up development?