This year my colleagues at Artsy created a former fellowship program and went out to many US colleges to recruit some of the youngest and brightest. From thousands of applications we’ve selected a dozen people that will be joining the arts and tech teams. Some have already graduated and might get full time job offers, others will go back and finish school. We assign everyone a mentor. So today I gave a “Mentoring 101” talk to the team, which seems to have turned out great, thanks to the excellent material sourced from the fellow members of the New York CTO club, a group that combines several generations worth of management experience.

1. Mentoring 101
the Artsy way

2. Company
People > Product

3. Mentoring
Goals > Work

4. Manager <> Mentor

5. Mentoring
Responsibility

6. Set Expectations
... for an Engineer
"Same quality software as expected from any
level, but over a different timeframe and with a
lot more help and feedback."

7. Domain <> Environment

8. Environment for Success

9. The Track
Clear and Simple Goals
Frequent Milestones
Escalating Complexity
Latitude to be Creative
Enable Success
Encourage Failure
Ownership and Responsibility

10. Stay in Touch
Make Them a Priority
Answer Questions
Help Focus on What's Important

11. Direction
Redirect Frequently
Comment on Style
Enable Meeting People
Expose to Partners and Customers

12. Closing
Help Put Projects Behind
Present to the Team

13. Mentor?
Not For Everybody
Delegating is Hard
Interacting with People is Hard
Management is Hard
Receiving Feedback is Hard

14. Their Success
=
Your Success