Model vs Template: How I failed as a mentor and what I learned from my mistakes
Starting point Mentoring employees is one of the most important processes in our company. Wise and experienced veterans guide and curate professional growth of new people, helping interns transform into senior test engineers. When it comes to mentoring, there are many well known approaches one could use: Kolb’s cycle, the learning pyramid, Bloom’s taxonomy, etc. In Apriorit, we use approach based on Individual Development Plans, or IDPs. The gist of the approach is that the mentor creates a series of assignments for the student, designed to teach them skills and give them experience necessary for a new role....