This article really made me jump out of my seat. The topic of mentoring isn’t covered properly in our industry, and after having some experience in mentoring and being a mentee – both in software and elsewhere – I believe it has to do with the fact that our approach is deeply flawed to begin with. Over the years I had about 6 mentors (or coaches, if you will), and have myself mentored about 10 people. Only once did it end in something completely unintended or dramatic, and when I was th...
