I don't mentor anybody. I am not smarter than anybody and frankly I am always learning from everybody, at all levels of experience.
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 day agoIt’s exactly that is why they’re kept down. Tiny men are afraid that they won’t seem as smart as the woman in the room.
As a man, I try to be different. I mentor the women around me and encourage them to do more, be better. I successfully got one of my mentee to negotiate her salary just yesterday even though she felt uncomfortable doing so. Try to be the change we need
sepi@piefed.social 1 day ago
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 day ago
Never claimed to be smarter than anyone, but if you’re experienced then people look up to you. A little bit of encouragement can go a long way. Like my story, all I did was nudge her to negotiate, and she felt the confidence to do so.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I can recommend looking into “science days” and stuff like that. It makes you a lot more hopeful for the future to see a lot of curious, open-minded 12-year olds.
And then they likely become the usual cynic adults, but hey, you tried.
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Never understood why some people so desperately need to be the smartest being in the universe. You’re a magic meat computers running on a system of hormones so complex that tweaking their balance just a bit can cause unforseen permament consequences. None of us have the right to call ourselves “smart”. Just chill and do your best.