035 jsAir - How to be a mentor with Taras Mankovski, Kim Crayton, Colt McAnlis, and Jed Watson
August 10, 2016 - Kent C. Dodds
How to be a mentor with Taras Mankovski, Kim Crayton, Colt McAnlis, and Jed Watson
Description:
With so many new developers coming into the JavaScript world, there's never been a greater need for experienced developers to mentor and teach others. In this episode we'll chat with some experts on how to be an effective mentor.
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- Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
- Find opportunities to teach what you’ve learned
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- Take training on how to be a manager
- You will always know more than most people who started learning after you. So, don’t sell yourself short and give yourself room to be comfortable.
- Spread things out, reduce commitments
- Make stuff public