A Tale of Two Bundles: A Lesson in Mentorship
summary
A concrete claim: mentorship must include sponsorship that opens jobs and networks, not just tutoring. Uses Ruby, Rails, Bundler and RubyGems; contributed to bundler via RubyTogether and built and released the gay fi gem (it decorates exceptions with emojis) which demonstrably improves hiring prospects. Job hunt lasts nine months, includes a week‑long paid on‑site that fails; cobbles a year of contract, internship and fellowship experience and then lands a back‑end role because sponsorship converts contributions into opportunities.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 6:50The long job hunt begins...
- 9:12The lowest point during my job search...
- 14:30Things started to look up in my programming journey
- 19:14One pillar of mentorship is technical guidance
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