On Mar 8, 2011, at 16:12:12, Peter Hosey wrote: > I won't be mentoring, but for any who will mentor for the first time, here's > a rough guide to what mentoring entails:
This was more than just a guide to mentoring (though it truly is such a guide); I also had a specific point to it, which I forgot to include, and was this: If you are not willing to do all of this, or don't think you'll have the time, now's the time to back out rather than mentor a student poorly.