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Re:How to mentor software engineers by soneca on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:02PM (#29797765)
hmmmm in my mind I had the exact inverse definition of what you said. For me “mentor” is exactly what you defined as “coach” and for me “coach” is exactly what you defined as “mentor”.

I never was or had any formal mentor or coach, so there is that.

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Re:How to mentor software engineers by gls2ro on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:06PM (#29797829)
I think maybe in the end it does not matter how you named them as long as the interaction bring you value.

For me the name is important mostly related to setting my expectations about what can I get from working with one or the other.

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