I recently found myself in this role as the mentor and I really appreciate the pragmatism of the approach. It wasn't deliberate, rather the new hire lacks profe

I recently found myself in this role as the mentor and I really appreciate the pragmatism of the approach. It wasn't deliberate, rather the new hire lacks professional experience and no one else knew what to do with them. So, I made myself available from day 1 and have been pairing with them extensively over the last few weeks. It's working out well. They are able to take their own tasks on now and don't require a lot of assistance. This thread gave me the idea that, now that I am at the end of this immediate on-boarding phase, I should take some notes and make them available for the rest of the team / department.