Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 13:38:34 +1000 (EST) From: Gary Roberts <gary@wcs.uq.oz.au> To: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Cc: jmb@kryten.atinc.com (Jonathan M. Bresler), jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The Mentors' Club (was Re: Gating hackers ... ) Message-ID: <9504260338.AA19329@wcs.uq.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199504260127.CAA14556@isl.cf.ac.uk> from "Paul Richards" at Apr 26, 95 02:27:52 am
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Paul Richards writes: > We could have a re-queue list so if a mentor gets asigned a problem they > can't handle they can bounce it re-queue and it'll get unassigned from > them and re-assigned to a new mentor. If we already have a relationship established, we want to preserve it if possible. The mentor has that newbie's past history which is then lost if the newbie is too easily bounced on to a new mentor. Wouldn't it be better for the mentor to ask (say on the mentors list) and see if anyone can give him a quick pointer to the answer. That way the newbie retains his one to one relationship, *and* his confidence in his mentor. Maybe a mentor could bounce the very *first* request he gets from a particular newbie if he feels (for example) that this newbie is already more advanced than he is. Cheers, -- Gary Roberts (gary@wcs.uq.edu.au) (Ph +617 844 0400 Fax +617 844 0444) 4th Floor, South Bank House, 234 Grey St, South Bank QLD 4101 Australia.
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