Mentoring 101

As an ever-growing industry, getting into IT can feel a bit like dipping your toe into a vast and almost endless ocean. That being said, working with a mentor who has a good grounding of the important fields in IT can really help you get a grip on things.

As a mentor, you’ll do lots of teaching, sharing your knowledge with your mentee to help them find their way along the career path they’ve always dreamed of. But what can you do when your lessons aren’t hitting home? How can you help to ensure that your mentee is learning as effectively as possible?

Networking is an excellent way to grow personally and professionally, and having a mentor gives you a unique advantage in building meaningful relationships. 

If you’re considering sharing your motivation for finance with others, then you’ve come to the right place. Today, we’ll be digging into exactly what it is that makes financial experts so well suited to motivational speaking as well as other ways you can put your passion for finance to work.

A successful IT career requires a level of specialist knowledge as well as the ability to demonstrate that specialist knowledge. Often this can mean qualifications but a good portfolio can also do wonders as well as references from any IT adjacent positions you’ve taken in the past.

The famous “10’000 hour rule” (as proposed by journalist Malcolm Gladwell) suggests that if you want to become a true expert at what you do, then you have to devote around 10’000 hours to it. That might sound like a lot, and for a hobby it is, but if that skill is your full time job, then you’ll be a world-class master after just six years. At least, that’s the theory.