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Transcript

  1. How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career Steve Hickey

    | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil

  2. What is an apprentice?

  3. ap•pren•tice a person who is learning a trade from a

    skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.

  4. We should have apprentices.

  5. Sure!

  6. …

  7. …

  8. Crap. What do I do now?

  9. apprentice !== intern

  10. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  11. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  12. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  13. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to

    create.

  14. LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s

    abilities.

  15. LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s

    abilities.

  16. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.

    But that’s ok.

  17. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.

    But that’s ok.

  18. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.

    But that’s ok.

  19. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.

  20. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.

  21. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.

  22. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  23. You are responsible for what happens to them.

  24. If they fail, it is because you failed them.

  25. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  26. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  27. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  28. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.

  29. Thank you Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh

    Tilled Soil

  30. Q&A? Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled

    Soil