tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403453102800867767.post3193131022738889901..comments2013-07-27T08:35:14.238-06:00Comments on Melospiza: MentorsMelospizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02967972017593146047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403453102800867767.post-5823055460144448742009-02-06T10:52:00.000-07:002009-02-06T10:52:00.000-07:00These comments are fascinating to me. My husband, ...These comments are fascinating to me. My husband, too, has a "mentoring" program at his work, and it's been useful as a place for him to explore ideas, ask delicate questions regarding what responsibilities to agree and which to decline, and basic advice on proceeding up the organizational ladder. But from what you guys say, and from what I've seen while watching my husband's career progress, official mentoring programs are almost a contradiction in terms, since the mentoring relationship is necessarily so personal.Melospizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967972017593146047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403453102800867767.post-58928924937005209092009-02-05T07:53:00.000-07:002009-02-05T07:53:00.000-07:00This is so interesting. It makes me think about me...This is so interesting. It makes me think about mentors differently. My company has a mentoring program, and I joined, and my mentor was very nice but I think she felt that she wasn't very useful because I didn't really have problems or need advice, per se. Not that I didn't want it but it was like, she didn't really know what to say to me. And then she was out of the country on business for a month and we never got in touch once she came back. So as far as official mentors go, not so helpful for me.<BR/><BR/>But what you're saying makes me think of unofficial mentors. I've had a few of those, people who would never say they were my mentor but who were definitely helpful and educational and involved and who contributed to the career path that I'm on now. That kind is the useful kind.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403453102800867767.post-43041993118545781402009-02-02T20:29:00.000-07:002009-02-02T20:29:00.000-07:00Hey lady! So glad to see you in blog land. As for...Hey lady! So glad to see you in blog land. <BR/><BR/>As for mentors...I was lucky enough to stumble into a job where I found a career mentor. That's a good thing, I suppose, for my day job - which I love. It's not a good thing for my writing. Though my mentor is very supportive of my writing in the abstract, the (paid) job opportunities I've had draw on a lot of the same mental energy that writing requires. So, perhaps not having a (career) mentor has been a good thing. Your word tally is far higher than mine. The only non-work related words I've been writing lately have been on my blog. <BR/><BR/>I also think good mentors are like good relationships - you have to cross paths with the right person at the right time and both be willing to put in the time and energy. And that's rare.Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142078029870483991noreply@blogger.com