> > Would this really work with people who aren't already buddies, without > any sort of tangible incentive? >
I've got no idea if this will work. I think the point here is to try and see if it works or not. > I just can't see *qualified* people who perhaps already maintain projects > and > respond to emailing lists and bug trackers finding the time to meet up > with someone they don't know, or barely know. > Maybe you're right. But, I saw a lot of hands go up when I asked for interest at RC7. So, maybe folks won't be able to find the time, but at least of lot of people _think_ they'd be interested in participating in a mentoring program. Often, we'll find time for anything we're interested in. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Gabe Hollombe <g...@avantbard.com> wrote: > > At Railscamp 7, I stood up during our Sunday night town hall meeting and > > shared about how I want to big up myself and find a mentor to help me > grow > > as a software craftsman. I asked the room for a show of hands for people > > who would be willing to mentor others and/or would want to have a mentor > for > > themselves. There was a fair amount of hand raising, so I volunteered to > > put some effort into trying to establish some sort of mentoring system > for > > our community. > > > > I'd like to start by asking you: > > > > What might want out of a mentor? > > What do you think might be good for helping to foster mentor/mentee > > relationships? > > What ideas do you have to help make this mentoring thing a reality? > > > > Let's keep this very open-ended right now and just share anything we > think > > might be relevant. I'll take all the feedback and try to digest it into > an > > alpha version of a mentoring program. > > > > Here are some of my (sometimes rambled) thoughts to start things off: > > I think mentors should: > > > > Meet with a mentee on some sort of regular schedule that works for both > > parties (in-person or virtually, but I really think that face to face is > a > > richer experience) > > Discuss what their mentee is working on and provide code reviews > > Share what they're working on with their mentee, to expand their horizons > > Make themselves available for help outside of their normal meeting > schedule > > > > I don't think mentors should need to feel like an expert or an advanced > > hacker of any kind; they just need to feel like they can help their > mentees > > somehow. And, mentors should remember that they'll grow and learn, > perhaps > > just as much, as part of the mentoring relationship. When you're > teaching > > someone something, you often learn a lot, too. > > I think the mentoring relationship should be viewed much more as a > social, > > friendly commitment to see how you'll work as a pair. Either a mentor or > a > > mentee should be completely comfortable swapping out and finding a > different > > mentor/mentee if things just aren't working or, or, even if they are, > just > > to change things up. I think that what I'm envisioning is something that > > combines the comfortableness of a friendly partnering with the > reassurance > > that you've got at least one person who will be willing to field > questions > > for you and help you grow. > > A mentor doesn't need to have all the answers. Indeed, they rarely, if > > ever, will. But, a mentor should try to help their mentee grow and be > > willing to learn alongside them in the process. > > > > From the practical, 'how do we organize this?' angle, we'll obviously > need > > some way for willing mentors to list themselves as available, and for > > mentees to find them. Something like www.railsmentors.org/ makes sense, > > though I think we should encourage folks to pair up within their own > city, > > when possible, to make face-to-face meetups easier. And, of course, I > don't > > want to restrict us to rails only mentoring. We're clearly a diverse > group > > of web hackers, and we should keep the mentoring open to anything web > > hackery related. > > Ok, thanks for reading this to the end. Now it's your turn to kick in > some > > thoughts. > > -g > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rails-oceania%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > http://crazyhollywood.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rails-oceania%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. 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