Even CEOs need mentorship. Look at all these executives melting down in the news. There are so many more that you never hear about.
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I'm going on my own journey recently. I've always had a hard time accepting mentorship for myself.https://twitter.com/polotek/status/851953081650745344 …
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Not because I felt like I knew everything. It was because a) I didn't know how to get a mentor and b) I didn't really trust ppl like that.
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The first one is not easy, but it's at least addressable. We need more companies to invest in explicitly connecting people with mentors.
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The second one is much harder to engage with. Figuring out who to trust starts to unpack a lot of what it means to be black in tech.
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But back to my original point. How would you build your company differently in a world where you know that everybody needs mentorship?
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Let me ask differently. Say you're not seeing what you want from ppl. What if you had more options than fire them or just deal with it?
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What if there was a way to see better outcomes without lots of turnover or trying to hire perfect individuals?
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I can only speak for my own hiring practices, but "will we be able to find the time to meet his/her mentoring needs" is key question for us
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That sometimes means temporarily prioritizing hiring more experienced, mentory folks if the balance seems off. Sometimes it means ...
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rebalancing experienced devs to focus more on mentorship than coding. But it's probably the #2 question I ask, after "how's morale" ...
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Of course, morale is deeply intertwined with growth and mentorship.
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