Professionally, I do some mentoring outside of work. But it's mainly informal, and consists of former employees and interns reaching out to me. For these, the m

Professionally, I do some mentoring outside of work. But it's mainly informal, and consists of former employees and interns reaching out to me. For these, the mentoring is less advice-giving and more playing devil's advocate to help them think through decisions and be confident that they've explored all the angles. Personally, I do mentoring for children through programs like Big Brother[1] and Youth Villages[2]. These programs are constantly in need of male mentors/role models. Even more so for ones that work in white collar areas that these kids may not have ever had exposure to otherwise. As a former mentee in one of these when I was little, I can't stress how impactful these types of programs are. I encourage anyone here that can spare a few hours a month to volunteer at least once for one of these. [1] http://www.mentorakid.org/site/c.flKYIcOSIiJ6H/b.9192427/k.554B/Be_a_Big_Brother8212give_a_Little_something_back.htm http://www.mentorakid.org/site/c.flKYIcOSIiJ6H/b.9192427/k.5... [2] http://www.youthvillages.org/what-we-do/mentoring http://www.youthvillages.org/what-we-do/mentoring