[group-organizers] ChiPy's Mentorship Program

[Brian Ray]

Saw this mention (thanks Ned) at 22:30:
http://podcastinit.com/episode-5-ned-batchelder.html

Any updates on how the second season of our mentorship is going T?  Any
additional advice on those who want to implement their own?


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tathagata Dasgupta <tathagatadg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Brian is far too kind with his generous words ... We have been lucky to
> have an amazing bunch of people in our user group who are eager to learn
> and help others become better programmer.
>
> If you are on meetup.com - checkout:
>
> Our amazing mentors for this term:
>
> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48806595
>
> What the mentor and mentee are up to:
> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48756823
>
> Mentorship FAQ:
> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48812700
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:46 AM Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am going to brag a bit here for Tathagata (aka "T"), as he is probably
>> too humble to brag about himself, and the Mentorship program he has created.
>>
>> As a transition from being the BDFL of Chicago Python User Group for over
>> a decade and from pressure from the community, I started adding some other organizers
>> <http://www.chipy.org/pages/organizers/>to the mix and letting them (or
>> forcing them) to take ownership to a domain. One domain, is our awesome
>> Mentorship program.
>>
>> In it's second season, "T"'s mentorship has 19 pairs of mentors/mentees.
>> He writes about the experience on his blog:
>>
>>
>>    -
>>    http://blog.tathagata.me/2015/03/chipy-python-mentorship-dinner-march.html
>>    -
>>    http://blog.tathagata.me/2014/10/chicago-python-user-group-mentorship.html
>>
>> Just wanted to share this idea with you. Would be happy to help if you
>> want to start a similar program in your area.
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Brian
>>
>> ChiPy Organizer
>>
>> http://chipy.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brian Ray
>> @brianray
>> (773) 669-7717
>>
>


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