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Marco Chavez

Frontend Developer

Sep 9, 2020

Becoming a mentor

In my current position I am a mentor. Which is confusing to most people because being a mentor can meet a lot of different things. In the context of my employment - I assist people with understanding coding coursework and motivate them to maintain th...

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Chris Bongers

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Well said,

I've been mentoring people from early on, and it's not about telling them what to type, but about;

Helping them being motivated.
Open discussions about issues
Thinking out loud
etc

So thank you for writing this, and motivating people to become a mentor as well

Sep 10, 2020

Marco Chavez

Frontend Developer

Sep 11, 2020

I couldn’t agree more! I get so many people asking me how they can become a mentor and why is it so easy to be too afraid to agree to mentor someone and I just have to remind them that we are all human that sometimes mentoring someone just means talking to them and motivating them to take their next steps. People know what they want, they just need help feeling comfortable with trying.