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Being a good mentor - a developers guide

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Let’s talk about the process where the experienced welcome the inexperienced under their wing and illuminate the path ahead. I’ve worn many hats over the years — mentor and mentee are one of them. I've seen the good, the bad, the ugly, and let me tell you - it's mostly good. Not implying in any way that I’m the best mentor to software developers, I just learned a thing or two over the course of my career, that I think will be useful to people who want to start mentoring. You may be wondering "Isn't mentoring just another buzzword tossed around in the corporate world?" Here's the thing — it is, and it isn’t. Mentoring is an integral part of personal and professional growth, both for the mentor and the mentee. In my opinion, it's the secret sauce that differentiates successful teams and individuals from the rest. Of course, when you and your mentor are doing it out of sheer responsibility to the corporate mantra — there’s not going to be much result. And it won't be fun for either of you

Being a good mentor - a developers guide vadim kravcenko growth management newsletter startups teams Being a good mentor – a developers guide 08 July 2023 · 29,423 views · Updated 04 April 2026 The first time someone asked me to be their mentor I almost said no. It was 2012, I was knee-deep in shipping a Rails app and the idea of “guiding” another human sounded like a distraction. I changed my mind after remembering how a senior dev (thanks again, man) once spent three evenings explaining Git rebase to me instead of going home. That decision—one hour a week over coffee—ende

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