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I try and get my mentorees (is that a word?) to read and write up their "favourite" python modules - just for the exercise in reading and style. I ought to do
by lifeisstillgood 5y ago
I try and get my mentorees (is that a word?) to read and write up their "favourite" python modules - just for the exercise in reading and style.
I ought to do more of it but I think this ought to become a thing - a sort of nutshell guide to different modules.
I think this should be something between the manual and pymotw
- SonOfLilit 5y agoMentees :)
- omnicognate 5y agoMentee is the correct word in modern usage, but Mentoree would arguably be more "correct" etymologically in that Mentor is a proper noun that has been "verbed" [1], not "one who ments". [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_(Odyssey) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_(Odyssey)
- mattikl 5y agoIt's so easy to lose focus when reading code just for learning. Writing about that code is a good way to keep the focus and dig deeper.
- BostonFern 5y agoMaybe they're your proteges?
- occamrazor 5y agoThe word is _mentee_.
- fatsdomino001 5y agoThe word you're looking for is manatees: large aquatic mammals, mostly herbivorous.
- lifeisstillgood 5y agoI have to get them all name badges now :-)