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It's clear their autonomy isn't good, though. People only improve with experience and a willingness to improve and helping can be a good form of getting experience quickly.

The developers that don't get better after handholding are just bad and should be let go.

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That's a good point, thank you.

I’d highly recommend looking up “Situational leadership” if you’re worried about coming off as micro-managing. You need to adapt how you’re mentoring based on the mentees skill and confidence.

That makes sense. In this situation it was a bit tricky as I didn't actually know the developer at all (different team), but I should have picked up on it.

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