Midwest PHP 2015
14 - 15 Mar 2015
at University of St Thomas
Talk comments
Excellent talk.
Great talk, especially given it was the first time you've given it! It seemed like the main content was finished rather quickly but it left a lot of opportunity for discussion so I think it worked nicely.
In the case that you don't get questions, it might be interesting to have another 10-15 minutes planned to talk about your own personal experiences. I did feel like I wanted to hear more about that during the talk. It came up in the questions so that was nice. Maybe that will just naturally happen every time?
Well done! I feel like I need to regroup with my apprentice and reevaluate our plan and see if we can tweak some things. :)
Beth's presentation did a great job of defining mentorship from both the Mentor's and the Apprentice's POV. It was a very simple and clear guide for how to start and manage a mentoring relationship. I especially liked the extra time at the end of the session for a Q&A.
Eryn is a very engaging and entertaining speaker who can pack a lot of information into her presentations. She did a very good job of making sure she found a way to connect her topic to everyone in the room, whether they be back end or front end developers or UX professionals.
Measure good software as software that people want to use and keep using. Including nerdy users. (e.g. of an API/tool)
Very useful things... clear ringing takeaways. Guys on my team (who probably won't rate the talks) said this was the most valuable talk for them.
Really great practical advice for mentoring and setting expectations in the relationship. Also very seamless and smooth delivery. Great job! :)
For future talks, I would love to hear some real-world success stories from the PHP community and an example of a failed/problematic mentoring relationship & why. I'd also love to hear about the perspective of both being a mentor and apprentice at the same time.
Really worthwhile panel discussion. It would have been nice to allow for more questions, but I think that more time should have been allowed for the panel overall, as the responses were all very valuable. Thanks to Beth for sharing her experiences to help everyone connect at a personal level to the issue.
Told me lots of things about mentoring that I didn't expect! Mentoring in php/web-dev has a lot of specifics that I wouldn't have imagined. But I can tell that they're wise.
It's clear she's an involved mentor and/or mentee/"apprentice".
Friendly and engaging / engaged speaker. Clear she cares about what she's talking about.
Great talk Beth!
Considering this is the first time you're giving this talk, I think you did it like a pro. You've offered some great insight.
My only suggestion might be to offer a little more personal experience on how you've come by some of this insight.
Thank you!