I'd responded to an email to the whole company. "Let me know if you're interesting in contributing in any way" it said. I was interested. The context There was a mentorship program was part of the Girls Can Code Africa project. It connected mentees to mentors, and it was being sponsored by our corporate overlords. A few weeks after my initial email, I received an Outlook invitation for an hour-long meeting. I showed up. The meeting After an introduction nearly as brief as the one above, a var...
