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I am working towards becoming a mentor-like figure but I'm a little younger than several people on my team and I just got promoted to manager so it's not necessarily easy to consider myself a mentor to any of them. I think with new hires it will be easier to serve in that capacity
Honestly, no, I have no interest in being a mentor. I’m in a leadership role and I will help my employees develop their career and skills that way, but I wouldn’t call myself a mentor. It’s just not something I was ever appealing to me.
I have definitely become a mentor-like figure as I have become a more senior engineer and a person with above average company seniority. But I have never had a formal mentor/mentee relationship.
As far as strategies for developing talent, I stress the importance of learning by doing. Learning by observation or reading written instructions only takes you so far. You have to go out and do things yourself to get a full understanding.
I also stress the importance of being as self-sufficient as possible. The more things you know how to do yourself, the less dependent you are on others to get things done.