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Ask HN: How to be a good mentor?
More specifically in a software engineering context, how can a mid-level Lead/Manager excel at mentoring the inexperienced engineers reporting to him/her?
Article/Book recommendations and personal anecdotes are all welcome...
- atsaloli 12y agoKnow what career paths look like and make sure your protege is progressing. Get them experience - progressively harder projects. I know that's not specific, but it does work (LOPSA Mentor of the Year 2011 here and I've mentored quite a few sysadmins.) Of course there's http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentorship http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentorship Thanks for giving back!