Episode 018: Growing Your Team and Mentorship with Cheryl Schaefer




Greater Than Code show

Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> |</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">|</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/jaybobo"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jay Bobo</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CherylGSchaefer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cheryl Schaefer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of </span><a href="https://launchcode.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Launch Code</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.launchcode.org/coder_girl"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CoderGirl</span></a></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Posted another patrons-only outtake from today’s precall with <a href="https://twitter.com/CherylGSchaefer">@CherylGSchaefer</a>! <a href="https://t.co/g4GZA9LWle">https://t.co/g4GZA9LWle</a></p> <p>— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) <a href="https://twitter.com/greaterthancode/status/826895996042960896">February 1, 2017</a></p> </blockquote> <p></p> <p><b></b><b>00:16</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Welcome to “Let’s Get this Ship on the Road!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”</span></p> <p><b>01:06 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Origin Story and Mentorship</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://confreaks.tv/videos/rubyconf2016-grow-your-team-in-90-days"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cheryl Gore Schaefer: Grow Your Team In 90 Days @ RubyConf 2016</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blog.launchcode.org/empowerment-through-mentorship/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empowerment Through Mentorship</span></a></p> <p><b>11:38</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Avoiding Burnout: “How can I show up better as a Mentee? How can you keep yourself from giving up and washing out? When you find your skills have atrophied, how do you find the resolve to try again?” ~ </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ariel_tweeting"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ariel Spear</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.spot2fish.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spot2Fish</span></a></p> <p><b>23:41</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – The Future of Tech Education</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/824831465745637376"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah Mei Computer Science Education Tweetstorm</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/819575574129676288"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah Mei People Who Apply for Opportunity Scholarships Tweetstorm</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!<br> </b><b>Get instant access to our Slack Channel!</b></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Takeaways:</b></p> <p><b>Cheryl: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s valuable to have different viewpoints represented. Also, exposing people to fundamentals of tech is valuable as well.</span></p> <p><b>Astrid: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">The RubyConf/RailsConf Opportunity Scholarships exist! Also, advice for mentees and mentors is the same.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br> </span></p> <p><b>Sam: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Making a distinction between being a TA and being a mentor and giving the mentee ownership of their learning plan.</span></p> <div id="Transcript" style="display: none;"> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>SAM:<span class="Apple-conve"></span></b></span></p> </div>