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Mentoring 101

Quick Version

Ell Marquez

Community Architect

Technology Evangelist
Training Architect
- Docker Quickstart
- Essential Container Concepts
OpenStack Mentorship Co-lead
OpenStack Trainer
Linux System Administrator

Ell Marquez

Professional Noob

Learn new things
Break them
- Freak out
- Read all the docs
- Ask for help
Break them again
Write a talk about it

The Mentor

“Mentors help fill your knowledge gaps and seek opportunities to help you grow and excel. A mentor is someone with whom you can let down your guard, share your insecurities, and ask the ‘stupid’ questions we all have sometimes.”

Agenda

How do you get a mentor?
- Change your perception.
  - Relationship

A Reason,

A Season,

A Lifetime

How do I get a Mentor?

Change your perception.
- Relationship
Have a reason.
- Your dream can't be your reason.

Smart Goals

Specific (simple, sensible, significant)
Measurable (meaningful, motivating)
Achievable (agreed, actionable)
Realistic (reasonable, relevent and resourced, results-based)
Time-bound (time-based, time limited, time/cost limited, timely, time-sensitive)

How do I get a Mentor?

Change your perception.
Have a reason.
Tell EVERYONE
Stop looking for a mentor.
- Start looking for a teacher.
  - Ask questions.
    - Ask more questions.
    - Ask the same question more than once.