On seeing the name Mentii, my first association was with lying rather than mentoring because "menti" in French means "lied" (as in "j'ai menti" -- "I lied").
That aside, great service!
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#42On seeing the name Mentii, my first association was with lying rather than mentoring because "menti" in French means "lied" (as in "j'ai menti" -- "I lied" ). That aside, great service!
Same for Portuguese.
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#43Is there no way to delete your account?
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#44I like this. I've wanted this. If you guys need help bringing this to DC please let me know.
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#45Is there no way to delete your account?
Andrew -- email us at support@mentii.com and we will delete it right away.
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#461) How it looks on my monitor: http://i.imgur.com/iSjP8ae.png - might not want to repeat that title image like that. 2) I would really like to see if there are any mentors relevant to my interests before I have to make yet another account on yet another website. 3) I really think mentorship is the best way to really become good at a skill. Hope it goes well for you.
come on, 1) is not a big issue... Not big enough to put it first anyway!
#1 and #2 are in the order I noticed them, and #3 is so the whole post isn't just criticism. There's no deeper meaning than that.
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#47Why can't I delete my account?
Dan - drop us a line at support @ mentii.com and we will delete your account.
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#48I've been a mentee, and I now mentor. What I want when I see web sites like this is to see an understanding that mentoring isn't Q&A, and it's not "a chat over coffee". The most successful mentoring arrangements I've seen have always had a clear agreement between mentor and mentee, a mentorship contract with specific goals and hopes outlined over a specified period of time, and a clear commitment to meet and stay on…
David -- this is terrific! Thanks!
Agree with you on giving more guidance and structure to the relationship. It is certainly the next phase for Mentii.
Our view was that a mentoring relationship starts with the discovery, and a query -- as you mentioned, it takes a lot more for it to develop into something serious. But, we got to start somewhere.
The training session notes are really useful -- emailing you for more detailed thoughts. Thanks again!
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd love to sign up... but recruiters should be hellbanned from this.
I think the most effective short term way would to to provide a tertiary recruiter type account and have users be able to opt in or out of messages. Some people who are actively seeking work would be able to get the content they were after on your site and the recruiters would be able to pick from applicants who most importantly wanted to receive their messages. For recruiters who take the method of making a normal a…
Thanks Shane -- quite a neat idea!
In the very immediate term, we are also tracking the recruiter's activity and engaging them 1-1 on community rules.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the most effective short term way would to to provide a tertiary recruiter type account and have users be able to opt in or out of messages. Some people who are actively seeking work would be able to get the content they were after on your site and the recruiters would be able to pick from applicants who most importantly wanted to receive their messages. For recruiters who take the method of making a normal a…
Thanks Shane -- quite a neat idea! In the very immediate term, we are also tracking the recruiter's activity and engaging them 1-1 on community rules.
Don't mention it - your application seems pretty great, I wouldn't want to see it's grand opening on HN marred by recruiters and spammers.
Also, make sure you plan for longer term - 1:1 engagement rarely scales with explosive growth. :)