Mentee: Define the Relationship (DTR) Prep

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document.
2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

Please use the following gist to capture your thoughts, goals, priorities, etc. as outlined by each question. You will be using these questions to help give your mentor a better idea of who you are and want to become as a developer! Please note, this is meant to be a starting point for building your norms with your mentor - you may need to adjust scheduling expecations, communication expectations, etc. when you start working with your mentor!

Mentee Details

1. What is your preferred name?

• Jackson

2. What are your pronouns?

• He/Him/His

3. What did you do before Turing?

• I went to Wheat Ridge High School for my last year of high school. Before that, I spent 3 years at Cherry Creek High School

4. What made you decide to come to Turing?

• I have always wanted to pursue something with programming and computers for years now and this is my chance to do so.

5. What are you most excited about exploring in your career in tech?

• I am most excited about learning new things and embracing difficult challenges.

Scheduling Details

Please review the Mod 1 calendar for FE or BE when answering the following questions.

1. What are your preferred times of day to connect with your mentor? (Early evening, lunch, etc.)

• around noon

2. What are your known scheduling restrictions? (Family obligations, life obligations, etc.)

• I do not have any. All my time will be commited to school. If anything comes up, I will take into consideration my school schedule first.

Communication

1. What is your preferred method to connect with your mentor? (Slack? Email? Text?)

• Slack

2. What is your preferred cadence for communication? Twice a week? Weekly?

• Weekly

3. What time frame can you commit to acknowledging you have seen a message if you are too busy to send a detailed response?

• Within an hour

4. What time frame can you commit to sending a detailed response to a message when time permits?

• When the day is over and all my tasks are complete. So around night time is when I can respond with detail.

Specific Support Requests

1. What are the your technical strengths and areas for desired improvement?

• Strengths: I am doing really well with Ruby syntax and in general understanding most of the differnet concepts.
• Areas Of Improvement: I think I need to better understand how classes work and how theyre formatted.

2. Is there any specific technical topic that we should focus on this inning?

• I am not sure

3. Are there any topics from last inning that we should focus on reviewing?

• I am not sure

Concerns for this Inning

1. Do you have anything that your mentor should be aware of? (upcoming life events, concerns about the upcoming curriculum, job hunt, etc)

• Not as of now

2. What do I need when I get overwhelmed?

• I need breaks during work time and possibly due date extensions to clear my mind and overall get back into a groove.

3. Who are your supports and resources for this inning?

Write a draft of your introduction message to your mentor!

Be sure to include:

• Your name and pronouns
• Your program and cohort
• What you did before coming to Turing
• Anything else you think is relevant for your mentor to know!

Add your draft message below ⬇️

• Hello I am Jackson Valdez, and my pronouns are he/him/his. I am in the 2110 Backend Cohort. Before I came to Turing I spent my last year of high school at Wheat Ridge High Scool, and the first 3 at Cherry Creek High School. Unfortunately some personal things went on and I did not graduate, but I still got a GED and finished. I am really excited to start my journey here at Turing!