Maybe You Don't Need a Mentor | The Realities of Mentorship in Tech and Beyond | Ep. 6

Natasha, Victoria and Saloni discuss our own Mentorship journey and we banter about the pros and cons but unanimously we came to the conclusion that it's not for us. We reveal why each of us feel that way and share other forms of Tech Mentorship that we embrace instead!

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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
0:50 - Experience as a senior software engineer and mentor
4:21 - Different perspectives on mentorship
10:17 - The two-way nature of mentorship and their values
14:00 - Ongoing relationship between a mentor and mentee from a mentorship program
15:10 - Role of organizations in facilitating mentorship connections and fostering learning communities
16:01 - Qualities sought in mentors and mentees, aligning goals
17:38 - Expectations vs Reality, Pseudo Mentors
24:02 - Conclusion

[VictorNeo]

Great episode! I do want to add on that mentorship is definitely more than sharing and answering questions. Mentors can offer coaching as well, and that plays a huge role in a successful mentor-mentee relationship. Instead of answering a mentee's question directly, we can use their questions questions as an opportunity to coach them to find their own answers, using our own experience as a reference (but not an answer).

[mohanramesh]

Good conversation, agree with your points, why stick with 1 mentor when you can learn from everyone.

[salonikaur]

Thank you for your comments! Makes us really happy to see our viewers share their opinions too!

Career coaching / coaching is definitely something we missed in our conversation! It would definitely take some skills and practice of being a mentor to be able to lead mentees to pave their way to find their own answers! 😅