Career change decided program love and hate it. Can be frustrating. Learning python the hard way by Zed Shaw. Wonder if I'll ever get a job or be good enough for one. Yeah of course I am :)
Sounds like a great way to mentor to me. As a learner, sometimes knowing the right way to ask a question can have a big impact on what I find in a internet search.
Are they energized? Are they struggling? Are they happy, frustrated, anxious, exhausted? What do they need right now to help them succeed?
That's really interesting and cool way to look at the situation. I like to hear more about that, mainly because in all my time researching coding, I have never heard anyone talk in those terms. It's almost like you are analysing their mental health and using it to positively make them succeed. I'm struggling to explain what, I'm thinking, but I think you are on to something there. How did you come to this style of mentoring?
Tech has a culture of valuing product over people, but as soon as you reverse that thinking then all of this suddenly makes sense. For example, as in many office-based industries we have high levels of stress, anxiety and imposter syndrome. This is unquestionably detrimental so if you can work to avoid it, why wouldn't you?
The technical teaching is easier--books, tutorials and conference talks will all teach them that. As a mentor I need to be providing something that they can't already get from books.
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Sounds like a great way to mentor to me. As a learner, sometimes knowing the right way to ask a question can have a big impact on what I find in a internet search.
Are they energized? Are they struggling? Are they happy, frustrated, anxious, exhausted? What do they need right now to help them succeed?That's really interesting and cool way to look at the situation. I like to hear more about that, mainly because in all my time researching coding, I have never heard anyone talk in those terms. It's almost like you are analysing their mental health and using it to positively make them succeed. I'm struggling to explain what, I'm thinking, but I think you are on to something there. How did you come to this style of mentoring?
Tech has a culture of valuing product over people, but as soon as you reverse that thinking then all of this suddenly makes sense. For example, as in many office-based industries we have high levels of stress, anxiety and imposter syndrome. This is unquestionably detrimental so if you can work to avoid it, why wouldn't you?
The technical teaching is easier--books, tutorials and conference talks will all teach them that. As a mentor I need to be providing something that they can't already get from books.