Discussion on "5 Reasons Why You Should Find the Time for Mentoring"

Milica Maksimović · 2019-04-05T08:33:17.749Z

Working in a startup has helped me learn faster than ever before and empowered me to do things I couldn’t have imagined. Startup culture is amazing and that’s what attracts people to join startups rather than well known companies with thousands of em...

I need a mentor. Thanks good post

Super inspiring! I whole-hardheartedly believe mentoring is the key to growth of younger developers.

I believe that key part in a startup culture is mentoring

Is that startup-specific though? I've found knowledgeable, helpful people in big companies.

I like the article, helping people is a good thing and indeed mutually beneficial!

However I was never that clear on when it's mentoring and when it's just helping people or answering questions... I usually think of consistently helping a specific person who is not your colleague with more career advice than technical answers, but maybe that's too narrow? If it's a colleague it seems just like onboarding and if it's just technical answers.,.. I don't know, is StackOverflow or Hashnode mentoring?

From what I've seen so far, and I can't say I've seen it all, you're more likely to get a mentor in a startup and a manager in a regular company.

Also, mentoring is way more than just answering questions from time to time, it's helping one person grow. Mentoring is all about giving feedback, figuring out what they're good at, and bringing out the best in them. You don't necessarily need to mentor people at work, you can mentor people you've met somewhere else. There are a lot of mentorship programs which bring together people working in the same field.

I'd say Hashnode and Stack Overflow are communities that bring people with the same issues and questions together, while mentoring requires more direct contact with people.

"1. You will learn something new too"

<Nice!>I don't know whether you ordered this list by ranking of importance, but I think (1) is the correct position for this item.</Nice!>

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