Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career

Avatar for Steve Hickey Steve Hickey
November 03, 2015
Design
0
220

How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career

Avatar for Steve Hickey

Steve Hickey

November 03, 2015
Tweet

More Decks by Steve Hickey

See All by Steve Hickey
Web Typ
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
0
120
Web Typography Workshop
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
2
1.3k
We're Doing It Wrong: Future Insights Live, June 2014
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
0
170
Intro to SASS: Building a flexible grid system
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
1
290
We're Doing It Wrong: Prototyping the Future of the Web
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
2
210
Designing a Great User Experience
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
2
310
Typography Fundamentals
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
2
470
Forget Frameworks: Create Your Own Flexible Grid System
Avatar for Steve Hickey javasteve99
3
170

Other Decks in Design

See All in Design
Hybrid NW Infra Design Review: Classic Pattern including Outposts & Route 53 Profile
Avatar for ICHICHI ichichi
2
610
Illustrator2025がやってきた！私が好きな新機能
Avatar for hamko hamko1114
0
150
HCDフォーラム2024 「HCDとHAI ~人間とAIが共存する世界の実現~」
Avatar for Shigeyuki Kameda kamechi7222222
0
340
問いの変遷
Avatar for なつ iflection
0
110
Crisp Code inc. ブランドガイドライン
Avatar for So Kotani / Crisp Code inc. CEO so_kotani
1
160
入社3ヶ月目のプロダクトデザイナー視点で見たヤプリ / Joining Yappli as a Product Designer: My Perspective After 90 Days
Avatar for Yappli Developers yappli_developers
0
200
Social Anxiety
Avatar for Kayla Smith ksmith2024
0
200
Дизайн услуги через её визуализацию с Картой процесса-опыта
Avatar for Andrew Shapiro ashapiro
0
310
ほしいテンプレート制作から始めるツール学習のススメ📝
Avatar for あげうどん 60d
0
110
The Golden Whitney
Avatar for OhTristanArt ohtristanart
PRO
0
300
線で考える画面構成
Avatar for natsuume natsuume
1
840
今日から意識できるアクセシビリティ
Avatar for fumiko fumiko
0
210

Featured

See All Featured
GraphQLの誤解/rethinking-graphql
Avatar for sonatard sonatard
71
10k
4 Signs Your Business is Dying
Avatar for Josh Pigford shpigford
183
22k
Making the Leap to Tech Lead
Avatar for Ryan Cromwell cromwellryan
133
9.3k
Scaling GitHub
Avatar for Zach Holman holman
459
140k
Rails Girls Zürich Keynote
Avatar for Gregor Martynus gr2m
94
13k
Visualizing Your Data: Incorporating Mongo into Loggly Infrastructure
Avatar for mongodb mongodb
45
9.5k
Building a Scalable Design System with Sketch
Avatar for Laura Van Doore lauravandoore
462
33k
Code Reviewing Like a Champion
Avatar for maltzj maltzj
523
40k
ピンチをチャンスに：未来をつくるプロダクトロードマップ #pmconf2020
Avatar for Aki / @LoveIdahoBurger aki_iinuma
120
52k
How to Create Impact in a Changing Tech Landscape [PerfNow 2023]
Avatar for Tammy Everts tammyeverts
52
2.4k
Fashionably flexible responsive web design (full day workshop)
Avatar for Andy Clarke malarkey
407
66k
[RailsConf 2023 Opening Keynote] The Magic of Rails
Avatar for Eileen M. Uchitelle eileencodes
29
9.5k

Transcript

  1. How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career Steve Hickey

    | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil

  2. What is an apprentice?

  3. ap•pren•tice a person who is learning a trade from a

    skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.

  4. We should have apprentices.

  5. Sure!

  6. …

  7. …

  8. Crap. What do I do now?

  9. apprentice !== intern

  10. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  11. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  12. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  13. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  14. LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s

    abilities.

  15. LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s

    abilities.

  16. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.

    But that’s ok.

  17. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.

    But that’s ok.

  18. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.

    But that’s ok.

  19. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.

  20. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.

  21. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.

  22. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  23. You are responsible for what happens to them.

  24. If they fail, it is because you failed them.

  25. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  26. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  27. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  28. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  29. Thank you Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh

    Tilled Soil

  30. Q&A? Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled

    Soil