mentorship
5 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 5, 2023 by Jules Walter · across every show →
Everything said about mentorship, oldest first
Jan 5, 2023 positive
Walter: Pick mentors who excel at a specific skill and can explain it
“But I look for two things. One is, are you good at one specific thing I'm trying to get better at? And then two is, are you good at explaining it? You know, and those two, at least for me, they're important. I know people who are really good at their roles, at…”
Jan 5, 2023
Walter: Mentees should bring specific problems rather than generic career questions
“I make sure to bring something very specific that I'm dealing with where they can provide input. And this is the opposite of what many people do, where they're like, hey, can you tell me about how you know, whatever, your path to PM, which may or may not be re…”
Jan 5, 2023 positive
Walter: Convert advice into mentorship by following up on results
“But then the key is once you get that foot in the door, like it could be a quick email, a tweet, a quick chat at an event, that sort of thing, and you get some advice that's useful, the key is to circle back with them at a later point and show that you've actu…”
May 26, 2024 positive
Kaba: Professionals should maintain a stable of three to four mentors
“I tell them it's actually better to have a stable of mentors. You want to have three or four. And ideally what you do is you meet with each one of them once a month on a different Friday of the month, right? And so you might have three or four people on every …”
Jun 23, 2024 negative
Vora: Prescribing mentorship creates an unnecessary burden for women in tech
“I think we tell women things like, you need to find a mentor, and you need to find a sponsor, and that's just another set of hoops that we have that we tell women to jump through that I don't think we tell other parts of population to jump through.”