About Our Mentoring Programme
The Hackership Mentoring Programme is one more part of our endeavours to help developers stay curious, and keep learning. It is a Mentorship Programme for developers (first off, women) to get one-on-one career advice and insights from those who have walked the paths they want to, before them. It is a chance to build networks, reflect, engage and most of all LEARN.
As with our full time Hackership Learning Programme, the focus will be on self-directed learning, with the mentee in control, encouraged, and in the driving seat.
Who is it for?
The first run of this programme will be explicitly for female mentees. This is because closing the gender gap in tech is a key focus for us right now. Mentors are comprised of brilliant female and male developers. This is because we know anyone can be and everyone should be an ambassador for equality.
Why we think mentoring is important
So many reasons! Primarily, simply to support everyone involved to keep developing their programming craft and keep learning. Not everyone can take time out to complete a full time Hackership, we know this.
It is specifically for women because we want to empower female developers, and to stop the flow of women out of tech. This brain-drain is a problem, particularly as you get higher and higher up the industry. Giving existing female developers other support networks in the industry is one way to combat this.
So too is creating a community of advocates for equality in the workplace who are sensitised to the issues at hand, aware of exactly what can be done to tackle this, and are willing to take action.
General Info
When? Summer 2015
Where? This will be a global-local programme. In partnership with the OpenTechSchool Networks around the world, and other interested partners (to be announced), the programme will connect mentors and mentees locally, and globally.
Get involved: If you want more information, want to register your interest to participate or support this initiative, contact us!
For mentees: do you think you would benefit from having a mentor? Please let us know about your interest in our program by filling out the form below:
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For mentors: alternatively, if you think you would make a great mentor, please fill out this short form and we will get back to you shortly!
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If you have any other questions about the program, please e-mail us directly: team@hackership.org