Time Requirement: 2 – 4 hours per month

Location: 125 South Clark, 17th Floor, Chicago, Illinois, 60603

Mentors at Code Platoon play a very important and specific role for our Veteran students. The goal of the mentor is to become a trusted advisor to the Veteran as he or she discovers the profession of software development. Our students typically have no background whatsoever in programming, and need someone to help them figure it out!

IF I AM A MENTOR, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?

FIRST MONTH OF CODE PLATOON:

After you are paired with your mentee, you will meet 3 to 4 times, over the first month. Ideally, you meet in person, for an hour or so, and preferably at Code Platoon. You and your mentee will pick the time and location, but generally it will be after 5pm, and usually on a day that works for the Mentor.

NEXT 10 WEEKS:

Meet 2 – 4 times a month, in person, video chat, Slack, or whatever works for both of you.

OK, BUT WHAT DO WE “DO” AS MENTORS?

Help them with their project work (you will get a link to the class repo)

Answer their questions about life as a dev, career planning, how teams work, anything at all

Show them your work, your projects, your office, your story

Play coding games. Ruby Warrior or Code Combat?