From 75f400dc4ab4ee01cb0655eae1e9f4d99a14d79b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sef Kloninger <sefklon@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 18:45:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Nikola auto commit.

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@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
 <article class="listpage"><header><h1>Archive</h1>
     </header><ul class="postlist">
 <li>
+<time class="listdate" datetime="2024-07-07T13:00:00-07:00" title="2024-07-07 13:00">2024-07-07 13:00</time><a href="posts/mentoring/" class="listtitle">Mentoring</a>
+</li>
+        <li>
 <time class="listdate" datetime="2024-02-19T13:20:00-08:00" title="2024-02-19 13:20">2024-02-19 13:20</time><a href="posts/oppenheimer/" class="listtitle">Oppenheimer -- A Miss</a>
 </li>
         <li>
diff --git a/categories/management.xml b/categories/management.xml
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--- a/categories/management.xml
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>sef.kloninger.com (Posts about Management)</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/</link><description></description><atom:link href="https://sef.kloninger.com/categories/management.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 17:01:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Nikola (getnikola.com)</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Why Is That Feature Taking So Long?</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/201301why-so-long/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;img class="alignright  wp-image-394" style="border: 0px;" alt="turd-polish" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/turd-polish.png" width="191" height="182"&gt;
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>sef.kloninger.com (Posts about Management)</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/</link><description></description><atom:link href="https://sef.kloninger.com/categories/management.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:30:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Nikola (getnikola.com)</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Mentoring</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/mentoring/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/mentoring.png" alt="Meeting with a mentor" width="30%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;So you're looking for a mentor, that's great! I've benefitted a lot
+from mentors in my career. It'll be a valuable experience for
+both you and your mentor. This post has my tips for finding a good
+mentor, asking them, and maintaining a good ongoing relationship.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h4&gt;Choosing&lt;/h4&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;These are my three go-to rules for finding a mentor. They've held
+up across many companies and years.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;1. Your mentor should be &lt;strong&gt;someone you admire&lt;/strong&gt;. The best choice
+is usually someone the same career path as you, but further along
+by some years. They don't have to be so much more senior than you,
+it could just be the next step, but they've shown that they're
+willing and able to take on more responsibility. Ideally they're
+someone interesting and inspirational.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Another type of relationship is to help you make a change -- from
+Engineer to Eng Manager, or Eng Manager to Product Manager, say.
+Then it's not so much about further along as finding someone who
+has made the switch. Often they're the most eager to talk about how
+they did it.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;2. Organizationally close-by is OK, but they &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't be one
+of your leaders&lt;/strong&gt;. I've gotten the most out of mentors outside my
+chain of command. That way, I never had to worry about choosing my
+words (or topics) carefully. I could problem solve or just vent.
+Sometimes the person you need to discuss is your own
+&lt;a href="https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/problem-or-solution-boss"&gt;boss&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Rapport is super important&lt;/strong&gt;. Maybe the most important thing
+of all. Your meetings can't feel like a chore for either of you.
+Even if you've gotten along fine in the past, maybe you'll hit it
+off in this new relationship, maybe now.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;How to find the right person if it's not obvious who to ask? Use
+your network, talk to people, ask for referrals. Big companies often
+have mentoring programs to help with matchmaking.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h4&gt;Asking&lt;/h4&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;While your mentor will benefit a bit, you'll be the one getting
+most of the value out of this deal.  So it's up to you to ask.
+Understand that they're likely busy and how much you'd appreciate
+some of theri time.  Make sure they know it's OK to say no.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;When I've asked in the past I've pitched it as a trial to start
+with, three or four meetings and then re-evaluate. That way you can
+make sure that it's clicking, see the "rapport" criteria above. If
+it's not feeling great &lt;em&gt;on both sides&lt;/em&gt; then it's best to try again
+with someone else, no harm no foul.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h4&gt;Being A Good Mentee&lt;/h4&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;So you've found someone, great. During probation and onward be a good
+mentee.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;strong&gt;Respect their time&lt;/strong&gt;. Be prompt. Work around their schedule
+and in a way that works best for them (30 min? over a meal?).&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;Come prepared with a topic or two&lt;/strong&gt;, keep a backlog. It can
+be something specific, like problem solving a particular situation
+or relationship. Or it could be getting just-in-time feedback on a
+draft email or document. Or it could be open-ended, e.g. "if you
+could advise your former self 10 years ago, what would you have
+said?"&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Check in&lt;/strong&gt; from time to time. Make sure this is still working
+out for them: the style of meeting, duration, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;4. Find an appropriate way to &lt;strong&gt;thank them&lt;/strong&gt;. Nothing big but it's
+important to show that you appreciate their time. For example at
+my current employer (Google) we have a system to give shout-outs
+to peers that come up at performance review time.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Finally, find a way to &lt;strong&gt;pay it forward&lt;/strong&gt;. Introduce mentors and
+mentees; volunteer in your company's matchmaking service; find
+people who appear to stranded and offer to help them out. Sending
+this post might be a fine icebreaker.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Management</category><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/mentoring/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bring Me {Problems,Solutions} Bosses</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/problem-or-solution-boss/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="alignright" title="Pointy-Haired-Boss" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/Pointy-Haired_Boss.png" alt="Pointy Haired Boss" width="40%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Some bosses want you to &lt;em&gt;bring them problems&lt;/em&gt;. They like to unscramble
+Rubik's cubes and are happy to work through it with you. Sure it's great if you have a proposal or recommendation,
+but be prepared to show your homework.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Other bosses want you to &lt;em&gt;bring them solutions&lt;/em&gt;. If you
+bring them a problem, you'll get annoyance and "what do you want
+me to do about it?"&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Most bosses have exceptions by domain. A common pattern there is
+the bring-me-problems boss who is also a techie -- they'll want to
+dig in planning, say, but prefer you to solve messy people conflicts
+yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;I've worked with both and each has their virtues. When you have a new
+boss, figure out their style and adjust.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Management</category><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/problem-or-solution-boss/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2023 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Is That Feature Taking So Long?</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/201301why-so-long/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;img class="alignright  wp-image-394" style="border: 0px;" alt="turd-polish" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/turd-polish.png" width="191" height="182"&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;
 I've observed a recurring source of tension:  building things fast vs. do it the right way. Usually you're not lucky enough that you can do both.  This post explains a bit why we (engineers) care so much about building things right.  Even when things are overdue and our stakeholders (end-users, biz folks, product management) are pushing to just get it done.
diff --git a/categories/management/index.html b/categories/management/index.html
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     </header><ul class="postlist">
 <li>
+<time class="listdate" datetime="2024-07-07T13:00:00-07:00" title="2024-07-07 13:00">2024-07-07 13:00</time><a href="../../posts/mentoring/" class="listtitle">Mentoring</a><a></a>
+</li>
+            <li>
+<time class="listdate" datetime="2023-12-16T15:00:00-08:00" title="2023-12-16 15:00">2023-12-16 15:00</time><a href="../../posts/problem-or-solution-boss/" class="listtitle">Bring Me {Problems,Solutions} Bosses</a><a></a>
+</li>
+            <li>
 <time class="listdate" datetime="2013-01-25T01:24:48-08:00" title="2013-01-25 01:24">2013-01-25 01:24</time><a href="../../posts/201301why-so-long/" class="listtitle">Why Is That Feature Taking So Long?</a><a></a>
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+    <article class="h-entry post-text" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"><header><h1 class="p-name entry-title"><a href="posts/timesbee/" class="u-url">The NY Times Bee Puzzle</a></h1>
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+                Sef Kloninger
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+            <a href="posts/timesbee/" rel="bookmark">
+            <time class="published dt-published" datetime="2020-05-23T15:00:00-07:00" itemprop="datePublished" title="2020-05-23 15:00">2020-05-23 15:00</time></a>
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+    </header><div class="e-content entry-content">
+    <p>How many different New York Times Spelling Bee puzzles are there? Or more
+precisely, how many combinations of seven letters can be used to build Bee-type
+puzzles?</p>
+<p>It turns out <strong>7,742 different seven letter combinations</strong> can be used to
+generate Bee-style puzzles. There are more puzzles themseves based on what
+letter is chosen for the middle spot.</p>
+<p>The majority of letter choices, about 62%, have just one pangram. That's lower
+than I expected, actually. It's not that uncommon to have two or three pangrams,
+which happens about about 25% of the time, and nearly four out of ten puzzles
+will have more than one pangram. The full output is <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sefk/timesbee/master/timesbee.out">here</a>, the output of this
+<a href="https://github.com/sefk/timesbee">program</a>.</p>
+<p>Watch out for the combination <code>einprst</code>. If this one ever comes up, good
+luck finding all twenty-seven of its pangrams.</p>
+<h4>The Bee Puzzle</h4>
+<p><img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="f/timesbee.png" alt="Example Times Bee Puzzle" width="40%"></p>
+<p>A Bee puzzle has seven letters with one "special" letter in the middle. Make as
+many words as You can find with at least four letters, using only the letters
+given, but it has to use the center letter. Proper nouns aren't allowed. Every
+puzzle has at least one <strong>pangram</strong>, a word that uses all letters — this
+example's is <em>amphibian</em>. Wikipedia cites <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Longo">Frank Longo</a> as the Bee's creator.</p>
+<p><a href="https://nytbee.com/">nytbee.com</a> has more today's puzzle and some interesting stats about these
+puzzles in general. They don't seem to be affiliated with the NY Times but that
+seem to be OK and is's a nice site.</p>
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+    <p><img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="f/mentoring.png" alt="Meeting with a mentor" width="30%"></p>
+<p>So you're looking for a mentor, that's great! I've benefitted a lot
+from mentors in my career. It'll be a valuable experience for
+both you and your mentor. This post has my tips for finding a good
+mentor, asking them, and maintaining a good ongoing relationship.</p>
+<h4>Choosing</h4>
+<p>These are my three go-to rules for finding a mentor. They've held
+up across many companies and years.</p>
+<p>1. Your mentor should be <strong>someone you admire</strong>. The best choice
+is usually someone the same career path as you, but further along
+by some years. They don't have to be so much more senior than you,
+it could just be the next step, but they've shown that they're
+willing and able to take on more responsibility. Ideally they're
+someone interesting and inspirational.</p>
+<p>Another type of relationship is to help you make a change -- from
+Engineer to Eng Manager, or Eng Manager to Product Manager, say.
+Then it's not so much about further along as finding someone who
+has made the switch. Often they're the most eager to talk about how
+they did it.</p>
+<p>2. Organizationally close-by is OK, but they <strong>shouldn't be one
+of your leaders</strong>. I've gotten the most out of mentors outside my
+chain of command. That way, I never had to worry about choosing my
+words (or topics) carefully. I could problem solve or just vent.
+Sometimes the person you need to discuss is your own
+<a href="posts/problem-or-solution-boss">boss</a>.</p>
+<p>3. <strong>Rapport is super important</strong>. Maybe the most important thing
+of all. Your meetings can't feel like a chore for either of you.
+Even if you've gotten along fine in the past, maybe you'll hit it
+off in this new relationship, maybe now.</p>
+<p>How to find the right person if it's not obvious who to ask? Use
+your network, talk to people, ask for referrals. Big companies often
+have mentoring programs to help with matchmaking.</p>
+<h4>Asking</h4>
+<p>While your mentor will benefit a bit, you'll be the one getting
+most of the value out of this deal.  So it's up to you to ask.
+Understand that they're likely busy and how much you'd appreciate
+some of theri time.  Make sure they know it's OK to say no.</p>
+<p>When I've asked in the past I've pitched it as a trial to start
+with, three or four meetings and then re-evaluate. That way you can
+make sure that it's clicking, see the "rapport" criteria above. If
+it's not feeling great <em>on both sides</em> then it's best to try again
+with someone else, no harm no foul.</p>
+<h4>Being A Good Mentee</h4>
+<p>So you've found someone, great. During probation and onward be a good
+mentee.</p>
+<p>1. <strong>Respect their time</strong>. Be prompt. Work around their schedule
+and in a way that works best for them (30 min? over a meal?).</p>
+<p>2. <strong>Come prepared with a topic or two</strong>, keep a backlog. It can
+be something specific, like problem solving a particular situation
+or relationship. Or it could be getting just-in-time feedback on a
+draft email or document. Or it could be open-ended, e.g. "if you
+could advise your former self 10 years ago, what would you have
+said?"</p>
+<p>3. <strong>Check in</strong> from time to time. Make sure this is still working
+out for them: the style of meeting, duration, etc.</p>
+<p>4. Find an appropriate way to <strong>thank them</strong>. Nothing big but it's
+important to show that you appreciate their time. For example at
+my current employer (Google) we have a system to give shout-outs
+to peers that come up at performance review time.</p>
+<p>Finally, find a way to <strong>pay it forward</strong>. Introduce mentors and
+mentees; volunteer in your company's matchmaking service; find
+people who appear to stranded and offer to help them out. Sending
+this post might be a fine icebreaker.</p>
+    </div>
+    </article><article class="h-entry post-text" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"><header><h1 class="p-name entry-title"><a href="posts/oppenheimer/" class="u-url">Oppenheimer -- A Miss</a></h1>
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@@ -490,53 +571,12 @@ <h4>Tools</h4>
 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@hazelweakly">@hazelweakly</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@malte">@malte</a>): thank you for running this service well.
 But also thank you for giving me something I'm proud to use and proud to
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-    </article><article class="h-entry post-text" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"><header><h1 class="p-name entry-title"><a href="posts/timesbee/" class="u-url">The NY Times Bee Puzzle</a></h1>
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-    <p>How many different New York Times Spelling Bee puzzles are there? Or more
-precisely, how many combinations of seven letters can be used to build Bee-type
-puzzles?</p>
-<p>It turns out <strong>7,742 different seven letter combinations</strong> can be used to
-generate Bee-style puzzles. There are more puzzles themseves based on what
-letter is chosen for the middle spot.</p>
-<p>The majority of letter choices, about 62%, have just one pangram. That's lower
-than I expected, actually. It's not that uncommon to have two or three pangrams,
-which happens about about 25% of the time, and nearly four out of ten puzzles
-will have more than one pangram. The full output is <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sefk/timesbee/master/timesbee.out">here</a>, the output of this
-<a href="https://github.com/sefk/timesbee">program</a>.</p>
-<p>Watch out for the combination <code>einprst</code>. If this one ever comes up, good
-luck finding all twenty-seven of its pangrams.</p>
-<h4>The Bee Puzzle</h4>
-<p><img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="f/timesbee.png" alt="Example Times Bee Puzzle" width="40%"></p>
-<p>A Bee puzzle has seven letters with one "special" letter in the middle. Make as
-many words as You can find with at least four letters, using only the letters
-given, but it has to use the center letter. Proper nouns aren't allowed. Every
-puzzle has at least one <strong>pangram</strong>, a word that uses all letters — this
-example's is <em>amphibian</em>. Wikipedia cites <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Longo">Frank Longo</a> as the Bee's creator.</p>
-<p><a href="https://nytbee.com/">nytbee.com</a> has more today's puzzle and some interesting stats about these
-puzzles in general. They don't seem to be affiliated with the NY Times but that
-seem to be OK and is's a nice site.</p>
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+from mentors in my career. It'll be a valuable experience for
+both you and your mentor. This post has my tips for finding a good
+mentor, asking them, and maintaining a good ongoing relationship.</p>
+<h4>Choosing</h4>
+<p>These are my three go-to rules for finding a mentor. They've held
+up across many companies and years.</p>
+<p>1. Your mentor should be <strong>someone you admire</strong>. The best choice
+is usually someone the same career path as you, but further along
+by some years. They don't have to be so much more senior than you,
+it could just be the next step, but they've shown that they're
+willing and able to take on more responsibility. Ideally they're
+someone interesting and inspirational.</p>
+<p>Another type of relationship is to help you make a change -- from
+Engineer to Eng Manager, or Eng Manager to Product Manager, say.
+Then it's not so much about further along as finding someone who
+has made the switch. Often they're the most eager to talk about how
+they did it.</p>
+<p>2. Organizationally close-by is OK, but they <strong>shouldn't be one
+of your leaders</strong>. I've gotten the most out of mentors outside my
+chain of command. That way, I never had to worry about choosing my
+words (or topics) carefully. I could problem solve or just vent.
+Sometimes the person you need to discuss is your own
+<a href="../problem-or-solution-boss">boss</a>.</p>
+<p>3. <strong>Rapport is super important</strong>. Maybe the most important thing
+of all. Your meetings can't feel like a chore for either of you.
+Even if you've gotten along fine in the past, maybe you'll hit it
+off in this new relationship, maybe now.</p>
+<p>How to find the right person if it's not obvious who to ask? Use
+your network, talk to people, ask for referrals. Big companies often
+have mentoring programs to help with matchmaking.</p>
+<h4>Asking</h4>
+<p>While your mentor will benefit a bit, you'll be the one getting
+most of the value out of this deal.  So it's up to you to ask.
+Understand that they're likely busy and how much you'd appreciate
+some of theri time.  Make sure they know it's OK to say no.</p>
+<p>When I've asked in the past I've pitched it as a trial to start
+with, three or four meetings and then re-evaluate. That way you can
+make sure that it's clicking, see the "rapport" criteria above. If
+it's not feeling great <em>on both sides</em> then it's best to try again
+with someone else, no harm no foul.</p>
+<h4>Being A Good Mentee</h4>
+<p>So you've found someone, great. During probation and onward be a good
+mentee.</p>
+<p>1. <strong>Respect their time</strong>. Be prompt. Work around their schedule
+and in a way that works best for them (30 min? over a meal?).</p>
+<p>2. <strong>Come prepared with a topic or two</strong>, keep a backlog. It can
+be something specific, like problem solving a particular situation
+or relationship. Or it could be getting just-in-time feedback on a
+draft email or document. Or it could be open-ended, e.g. "if you
+could advise your former self 10 years ago, what would you have
+said?"</p>
+<p>3. <strong>Check in</strong> from time to time. Make sure this is still working
+out for them: the style of meeting, duration, etc.</p>
+<p>4. Find an appropriate way to <strong>thank them</strong>. Nothing big but it's
+important to show that you appreciate their time. For example at
+my current employer (Google) we have a system to give shout-outs
+to peers that come up at performance review time.</p>
+<p>Finally, find a way to <strong>pay it forward</strong>. Introduce mentors and
+mentees; volunteer in your company's matchmaking service; find
+people who appear to stranded and offer to help them out. Sending
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+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>sef.kloninger.com</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/</link><description>None</description><atom:link href="https://sef.kloninger.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:30:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Nikola (getnikola.com)</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Mentoring</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/mentoring/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/mentoring.png" alt="Meeting with a mentor" width="30%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;So you're looking for a mentor, that's great! I've benefitted a lot
+from mentors in my career. It'll be a valuable experience for
+both you and your mentor. This post has my tips for finding a good
+mentor, asking them, and maintaining a good ongoing relationship.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h4&gt;Choosing&lt;/h4&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;These are my three go-to rules for finding a mentor. They've held
+up across many companies and years.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;1. Your mentor should be &lt;strong&gt;someone you admire&lt;/strong&gt;. The best choice
+is usually someone the same career path as you, but further along
+by some years. They don't have to be so much more senior than you,
+it could just be the next step, but they've shown that they're
+willing and able to take on more responsibility. Ideally they're
+someone interesting and inspirational.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Another type of relationship is to help you make a change -- from
+Engineer to Eng Manager, or Eng Manager to Product Manager, say.
+Then it's not so much about further along as finding someone who
+has made the switch. Often they're the most eager to talk about how
+they did it.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;2. Organizationally close-by is OK, but they &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't be one
+of your leaders&lt;/strong&gt;. I've gotten the most out of mentors outside my
+chain of command. That way, I never had to worry about choosing my
+words (or topics) carefully. I could problem solve or just vent.
+Sometimes the person you need to discuss is your own
+&lt;a href="https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/problem-or-solution-boss"&gt;boss&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Rapport is super important&lt;/strong&gt;. Maybe the most important thing
+of all. Your meetings can't feel like a chore for either of you.
+Even if you've gotten along fine in the past, maybe you'll hit it
+off in this new relationship, maybe now.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;How to find the right person if it's not obvious who to ask? Use
+your network, talk to people, ask for referrals. Big companies often
+have mentoring programs to help with matchmaking.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h4&gt;Asking&lt;/h4&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;While your mentor will benefit a bit, you'll be the one getting
+most of the value out of this deal.  So it's up to you to ask.
+Understand that they're likely busy and how much you'd appreciate
+some of theri time.  Make sure they know it's OK to say no.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;When I've asked in the past I've pitched it as a trial to start
+with, three or four meetings and then re-evaluate. That way you can
+make sure that it's clicking, see the "rapport" criteria above. If
+it's not feeling great &lt;em&gt;on both sides&lt;/em&gt; then it's best to try again
+with someone else, no harm no foul.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h4&gt;Being A Good Mentee&lt;/h4&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;So you've found someone, great. During probation and onward be a good
+mentee.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;strong&gt;Respect their time&lt;/strong&gt;. Be prompt. Work around their schedule
+and in a way that works best for them (30 min? over a meal?).&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;Come prepared with a topic or two&lt;/strong&gt;, keep a backlog. It can
+be something specific, like problem solving a particular situation
+or relationship. Or it could be getting just-in-time feedback on a
+draft email or document. Or it could be open-ended, e.g. "if you
+could advise your former self 10 years ago, what would you have
+said?"&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Check in&lt;/strong&gt; from time to time. Make sure this is still working
+out for them: the style of meeting, duration, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;4. Find an appropriate way to &lt;strong&gt;thank them&lt;/strong&gt;. Nothing big but it's
+important to show that you appreciate their time. For example at
+my current employer (Google) we have a system to give shout-outs
+to peers that come up at performance review time.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Finally, find a way to &lt;strong&gt;pay it forward&lt;/strong&gt;. Introduce mentors and
+mentees; volunteer in your company's matchmaking service; find
+people who appear to stranded and offer to help them out. Sending
+this post might be a fine icebreaker.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Management</category><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/mentoring/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oppenheimer -- A Miss</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/oppenheimer/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/stetson.png" alt="Stetson Hat" width="40%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;I was so disappointed in Oppenheimer. It wasn't terrible, but what
 a missed opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mystifying&lt;/strong&gt;. Part of the job of a biopic is to give you insight
@@ -259,7 +321,7 @@ the bring-me-problems boss who is also a techie -- they'll want to
 dig in planning, say, but prefer you to solve messy people conflicts
 yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;I've worked with both and each has their virtues. When you have a new
-boss, figure out their style and adjust.&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/problem-or-solution-boss/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2023 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Working In The Open</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/working-in-the-open/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/hachyderm-debugging.png" alt="screenshot of @nova live-debugging Hachyderm on Twitch" width="50%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+boss, figure out their style and adjust.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Management</category><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/problem-or-solution-boss/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2023 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Working In The Open</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/working-in-the-open/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/hachyderm-debugging.png" alt="screenshot of @nova live-debugging Hachyderm on Twitch" width="50%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;The other day my daughter asked me about Software Engineering -- what do
 we &lt;em&gt;actually do&lt;/em&gt;? She's eighteen and probably won't follow in my
@@ -315,17 +377,4 @@ it was a warm weekend night. Why not stay out a bit later, no school tomorrow. A
 DST change everyone would be looking foward to a "free" hour of sleep.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;As usual, the full story can be seen 
 &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnpKmkglpRs5dDh3dWRmRlFVaG0yc08xU0lhTzF1NUE"&gt;
-in the numbers&lt;/a&gt;. Check it out!&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Halloween</category><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/halloween-2015/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>YouTube</title><link>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/youtube/</link><dc:creator>Sef Kloninger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float:right" class="postimage" src="https://sef.kloninger.com/f/YouTube-icon-full_color.png" alt="YouTube" width="200px" height="148px"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;I'm excited to start my new job at YouTube in a few weeks. I'll manage the
-engineering team building the data warehouse for usage metrics.&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;I like that YouTube is &lt;strong&gt;important&lt;/strong&gt;. It's firmly a part of our culture
-and I'm sure it will be how my kids watch video. YouTube's impressive
-&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/yt/press/statistics.html"&gt;statistics&lt;/a&gt; are the result. You don't see usage like that without a
-bunch of &lt;strong&gt;hard problems&lt;/strong&gt;, and hard problems attract &lt;strong&gt;bright people&lt;/strong&gt;.
-Indeed that's the clincher for why I'm looking forward to working there.
-People vote with their feet, and I have a lot of friends who have opted
-for Google, and YouTube specifically. They tell me that it's a great place
-to work.&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;YouTube is one of the worlds foremost platforms for social commentary,
-education, and free speech. And it's plenty of &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0"&gt;entertainment&lt;/a&gt; too. Sounds
-like fun.&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/youtube/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 06:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
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+in the numbers&lt;/a&gt;. Check it out!&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Halloween</category><guid>https://sef.kloninger.com/posts/halloween-2015/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
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