Mentoring & Career Growth

Structuring a Mentorship

• Goal setting: First session: define what they want to achieve. "In 6 months, I want to lead a small project."
• Weekly 1:1s: 30 minutes. Review progress, unblock, practice skills (code review, design discussions).
• Stretch assignments: Give them real ownership of a small feature or design doc. Review closely, let them drive.
• Feedback loop: After each project, do a mini-retro. What went well? What would they do differently?

Onboarding New Engineers

• First day: Dev environment setup + pair with a buddy to make their first commit.
• First week: Small, well-scoped task with clear acceptance criteria.
• First month: Deploy something to production (even a log line change). Give them the deploy experience early.
• First quarter: Own a feature end-to-end. Present the design, implement, test, deploy, monitor.