What are your Mentor Experiences?

[Ben Martin]

Originally Posted by Littlepchan

Thank you. I needed to hear this. I didn't know if it was acceptable for me to switch teams or not. I thought if I joined a team it was almost permanent. Kinda silly thought huh?

Just like with jobs, it's easy to become stagnant in your own growth if you stay in the same place for too long. I've switched teams twice (when switching locations), and you gain a different perspective and a different experience each time you do it.

I feel that it is valuable to mentor a team that is a good cultural fit. I am very fortunate to have found that with both 1747 and 225. If you aren't having fun and aren't happy, you aren't going to be a great mentor.

All the members of 225 (both mentors and students) try to embody the bottom half of this image. Others give you a lot more respect when you're 'in the trenches' slogging through the issues with them.



Ultimately, the thing I hope students get out of the program is an experience having ownership in and working very hard to achieve a goal while gaining the skills to chase their own goal in the future (whatever it may be).