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My Mentee Went From Junior -> Senior Engineer in less than 2 years. Here's how.

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While I’m not a first-generation immigrant, I am the first in my family to graduate college. It wasn’t easy to figure out the tech scene in my first job, especially since I was addicted to video games until 18 and surrounded by an extremely different culture—which was my version of “normal.” After receiving the message, I realized a powerful formula: Hard work + Good mentorship = Multiplicative growth You’ve heard plenty of times before about the value of good mentorship. There’s no debating it. You also know hard (or smart) work gets you far too. Putting them both together though, that’s the sweet spot. In this article, I’ll share more of my mentee’s story and what we did to make it possible to go from Junior → Senior in less than 2 years. I hope you enjoy! Let’s get into it. An actionable formula for promotion How to track your accomplishments in a format your manager cares about How to be a better mentor and mentee First, we set up a weekly 1:1. As a mentor, I used the framework I m

This week I received this text message from my mentee: My mentee started his engineering career 1 year and 9 months ago and is already a Senior engineer. This text message meant so much to me because I relate to my mentee’s story. While I’m not a first-generation immigrant, I am the first in my family to graduate college. It wasn’t easy to figure out the tech scene in my first job, especially since I was addicted to video games until 18 and surrounded by an extremely different culture—which was my version of “normal.” After receiving the message, I realized a powerful formula: Hard work…

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