How to mentor software engineers

Mentors should operate at three levels: goals, situations, and skills.

How to mentor software engineers December 2021 Reading time: 7 minutes A friend and fellow staff+ engineer posted a question to a peer group Slack: Anyone have suggestions on how best to mentor software engineers? At the time, I said a few things about radical candor and actionable feedback , but the question stuck with me. I mentor people, but I've never thought formally about what it is or how I do it. Like a lot of soft skills, we're rarely taught how to mentor - most of us are left to figure it out on our own. Mentoring, coaching, or sponsoring? Mentoring and coaching activities look simil

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