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Mentoring from a n00bs perspective

Mentoring from a n00bs perspective

Presented as a lightening talk at RubyConf 2013 in Miami.

Allison McMillan

November 09, 2013
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  1. Who Am I? Rails Girls DC Organizer N00b motivated learner

    community lover Mentor and mentee First time lightning talker Monday, November 11, 13
  2. There have been a ton of people who have helped

    me learn Monday, November 11, 13
  3. Everyone had the best intentions but some people were great

    to learn from and some were not. Monday, November 11, 13
  4. 1. At the beginning, understand that it’s hard to know

    what to ask and every word sounds like a foreign language Monday, November 11, 13
  5. so encourage relentless curiosity what is terminal? What is the

    command line? What is IRC? Why should I not be terrified of GitHub? Monday, November 11, 13
  6. I have no idea what you’re talking about anymore and

    I’m now really scared of coding. Monday, November 11, 13
  7. People learn from different people in different ways. It’s not

    personal, it’s just the brain. Monday, November 11, 13
  8. Give direction. Which book should be read first, why, and

    what should we be learning from it Monday, November 11, 13
  9. Really really difficult, but if you can have the patience

    to explain and say everything the person should type, they learn more Monday, November 11, 13
  10. 6. Help celebrate the small stuff and motivate to do

    the big stuff Monday, November 11, 13