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At some point in ones life, it can become more rewarding to mentor the next generation of people to your craft rather than continuing to go on your own. Mentor
by j7ake 5y ago
At some point in ones life, it can become more rewarding to mentor the next generation of people to your craft rather than continuing to go on your own.
Mentorship with the young generation couples the energy of the mentee with the experience to avoid pitfalls from the mentor.
One example of this are professors. Many of them you may noticed never want to retire. They are often in an ideal stimulating environment that only improves with time. Every year a young batch of eager students wanting to learn arrive, while profs provide the taste and quality control to direct the energy.
- tomxor 5y ago> Mentorship with the young generation couples the energy of the mentee with the experience to avoid pitfalls from the mentor. I find this interesting - I've sort of had a taste of this with an extreme sport, a very casual mentorship of a friend at a not dissimilar age with a huge quantity of enthusiasm but little previous experience. I noticed the enthusiasm definitely transfers, and what was old can seem new again - not only that but I can take that enthusiasm to explore new aspects of the sport and push myself further. I haven't quite found the same experience in technical work yet, but I feel I could do with some renewed enthusiasm there too. It may not even necessarily be mentorship, just being in good company with enthusiastic, friendly and interesting people. As a fairly introverted person it's open my eyes a bit to how much the people around me can affect my mood and engagement with the world.