Re: [frogs] Re: New frog in an empty pond?

[Janek Warchoł]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:09 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
>> i wrote: "try looking at grid
>> lines code".  That's definitely not enough for efficient mentoring :(
>
> "Try asking on the developer list."  "Find an angle that makes this
> problem interesting for Mike."
>
> The job of a mentor is not the same as the job of a teacher.  You need
> not provide answers, just offer advice on how or where to find them.

Hmm.  I may have been looking at mentoring from wrong perspective.

>> I'm already quite often not sleeping because of Lily and it's going to
>> be worse.
>
> Don't give more than you can sustain.  Ever.  You are not doing anybody
> a favor, even though it may seem so to some.  But those will be the
> first to complain when you are drained.

Fortunately it's mostly me whom i'm doing this for :)
(is the above proper English, anyway?)

cheers,
Janek