I remember coming across a 2011 article on similar behavior by a New York investor, where I could not figure out whether the writers were condoning the behavior, in an almost fawning tone, or highlighting a problem.
http://observer.com/2011/11/charlie-odonnell-women-in-tech-d...
One can argue for payment reforms in India. But Uber, by knowingly ignoring the norms, had gained an unfair advantage over local services (Olacabs, Taxiforsure, Meru, etc). This levels the playing field.
Thanks for the thoughtful comments! A bit of oversight on our part about the advice requests. We'll fix the flow for posting it.
We will clean up and categorize the advice requests. You are absolutely on point on discoverability. We are experimenting with the concept of affinities, where based on your affiliations, you get more or less access to mentors. Trick is in defining these affiliations correctly.
Thanks so much for the encouragement! Look forward to interacting more. (p.s. drop me a message at Mentii so I know who you are -- https://mentii.com/mentor/sumit.suman)
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!
Jayson - thanks for the feedback. We will have to tackle the spam / irrelevant messaging problem soon.
We would love to reach out to the recruiters who messaged you, and understand their need better -- could you send us more details at support @ mentii.com
>A way to ask a question and let people answer it. Results could be ranked in term of "top mentor", or other people could vote on it.
Right now, we are using the advice requests to encourage 1-1 interaction. A public discourse, with voting could be interesting but we erred on the side of assuming that many won't be comfortable with having their career questions publicly discussed. We will revisit this assumption.
Re: karma
Mentor karma is coming soon. Interesting possibilities there.
Thanks for the wonderful feedback, emailing you for more 1-1 time.
I'd say more than a public figure, reach out to folks with good software development experience with a specific query. See how they respond, and take the conversation from there.
Just read it again, it is beyond cringeworthy.