How to Effectively Invest Experience in Others' Success
summary
A product analyst from Bini Games shares practical mentorship advice for IT specialists with at least six months’ experience, covering where to find mentees, how much experience is enough, avoiding demotivating mistakes, screening mentees, preparing for sessions, handling common mentee requests (including test tasks), running effective sessions, and who’s responsible for mentoring outcomes. The talk draws on 1.5 years of the speaker’s mentoring experience and includes timelines, a case study, common failure reasons, and Q&A.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:39Why invest time in mentees?
- 7:07Where to find mentees?
- 9:41How much experience is needed to start mentoring?
- 11:46How to overcome the mentor's 'imposter syndrome'?
- 14:22Should you screen mentees?
- 16:09What to do before the session?
- 18:23Typical mentee requests
- 20:39Should you help with a test task?
- 21:33How to conduct a session as effectively as possible?
- 23:58Who is responsible for mentorship success?
- 26:45Yevheniia's case
- 28:14Main reasons for failed cases
- 29:41Where to start?
- 32:36Q&A
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