Mentoring: A Two Way Street • Larene Le Gassick & Damian Maclennan • YOW! 2018

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2018. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Larene Le Gassick - Accessibility Team Engineering Lead at Canva @larenelegassick8774 Damian Maclennan - Consultant CTO, Software Architect, Trainer & Technologist @damianmaclennan9856 RESOURCES Larene https://twitter.com/larenelg https://www.linkedin.com/in/larene https://github.com/larenelg-canva Damian https://damianm.com https://mastodon.social/@damianm https://bsky.app/profile/damianm.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianmaclennan https://instagram.com/damianmaclennan https://twitter.com/DamianM ABSTRACT “That’s not good enough” That was Larene’s response to when Damian told her “you’re doing a great job, keep doing what you’re doing”. This talk is about the journey of a grizzled industry veteran and a young ambitious engineer thrown together in a small startup environment. Forced to establish fast #FeedbackCycle, not just iterating on the product we were developing, but also how we worked on it together. We were both pushed out of our comfort zones to create a #productive #collaboration. We’ve distilled some of our lessons from this process into a handful of tools you can apply straight away, whether you’re seeking mentoring, or are in a #TechLeadership/manager position. We’ll share how we give and receive feedback, how #mentors can grow the #TechnicalSkills of more junior people, how men can mentor women more effectively, and how even the most hardened “seen it all” of us can grow individually. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know • https://amzn.to/3pZuHsQ Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • http://amzn.to/3sVLyLQ Michael Jackson • Software Requirements and Specifications • https://amzn.to/3ql2T14 Geoffrey West • Scale • http://amzn.to/3eKMbpc Donald G. Reinertsen • The Principles of Product Development Flow • https://amzn.to/3hJ2Ye2 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Mentoring #CTO #HowToCTO #TechLead #LareneLeGassick #DamianMaclennan #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1