Daniel Irvine presented at DevConf 2018 on secrets of successful mentoring. He explained that traditionally mentoring focuses too much on technical skills transfer rather than an equal partnership. A mentor should not act as a manager but as an equal partner, listening without judgment and providing constructive feedback. If mentoring embraced qualities like psychological safety, humility, advocacy and equality, it could create a more collaborative development culture where knowledge sharing is the norm.

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of successful
mentoring
DevConf 2018
Daniel Irvine
Concisely Crafted

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The industry norm

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More than a few problems

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What is a mentor?

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The technical skills are:
Project work
Planning
Reading
Discipline
Reviewing

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Dogma

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Work together

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You are not a manager

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Equals

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Listen

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Feedback

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Mentoring network

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Can you imagine a world where
all this is the norm?
Retro All The Time
Psychological safety
Humility
Do Disturb
No dogma allowed
Self-awareness Mastery
Advocacy
Refactoring
Viral mentoring
Don’t Just Google It
Effective questioning
Active listening
Team equality

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The future

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