Teach them well and let them lead the way
summary
Argues that being a senior engineer does not equal being a mentor and that mentoring means teach people to swim — deliberate pairing, showing how things work, and giving time to break and learn. Describes building a QR badge app called stinking badges that saves contact info and is used at the conference, launching a local merch site, and teaching a cohort of four students plus a TA. Advocates for an suck less attitude: share knowledge, hire juniors, and expect better returns when mentorship actually happens.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and stinking badges
- 1:26That Rabbit and Greenville love
- 3:12Tech industry mentoring shift
- 5:19Teaching as sharing magic
- 7:05Opening doors for new developers
- 8:50Aggressively positive mentoring
- 10:35Sharing knowledge and giving back
- 12:41Suck less philosophy
- 14:04Mr Rogers and superpowers
- 15:29Be nice and suck less
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