Unconference Day Keynote - Be Mr. Miyagi or find one
summary
Mentorship is presented as a concrete solution to an IT skills shortage: apprenticeship model combined with on-the-job mentoring accelerates learning and context transfer. Evidence cited: 75% of global IT decision‑makers report skills gaps; projected 2022 cost of $775B (vs $302B in 2019). Concrete practices: let mentor and mentee choose each other, train mentors, match on working/learning styles, schedule regular contact (suggested one hour a week), set agendas, embed mentoring in workflow and run evaluable programs. Examples show measurable results: tournament wins, a rare legal case victory, simple tools built (Excel currency calculator, basic HTML site).
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 1:14Mr Miyagi
- 19:21What Exactly Is Mentoring
- 20:52Robert Green
- 21:13The Power of Apprenticeship
- 21:53The Apprenticeship Phase
- 24:14Who Is the Mentor
- 26:39Train the Mentor
- 28:50Mentee Is Not a Clone of the Mentor
- 31:03The Workflow
- 31:53Mentoring Program
- 32:4310 Mistakes and Successes
- 45:26How Do You Motivate People To Become Mentors
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