Advancing your Career: Coaching/Mentorship Matters to both Mentors and Mentees
summary
A practical how-to on mentorship that focuses on actions not platitudes: recruit multiple mentors for career vs skill gaps, book 20–25 minute informational interviews to start, and always come with game tape — a real scenario to work through. Build one-on-one developer relationships and watch a team’s output jump three to four times per quarter. Mentorship mixes incremental advice, documented resources, and reciprocal service to produce hires, promotions, and faster product delivery.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 5:44Why coaching and mentorship matter
- 11:20Impactful mentorship stories
- 19:00Maximizing mentorship time
- 23:16Finding and approaching mentors
- 26:06Choosing the right mentor
- 29:20How key mentors were found
- 30:48Closing and resources
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