You Should Mentor That Person
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Argues that most senior engineers are ready to mentor now, with concrete tactics: recruit via Underdog devs, iOS Developer Twitter, local meetups or company interns; start small (hourly office hours, interview prep), set boundaries (don’t do homework or become sole income source), and coach confidence as the primary skill. Demonstrations include a live walking exercise for imposter syndrome, mentees who double-promote or learn Combine and BigQuery, and the claim that mistakes are correctable.
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