Hi I'm enjoying mentorship program at IAI. But not sure if I can help you... my case is no local.
I'm the mentee. I'm based in Barcelona (Spain) and my mentor in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). I would recommend the experience. I have learn a lot, even thought all this large distance between us! I discovered de IAI mentoring program and sounded great. My educational background is LIS (library and information systems). I'm UX team of one in my company and I wanted to improve my UX skills, specially improve my methodology. I started looking for a Mentor inside the IAI. During this search I was visiting The Netherlands and I fortunately met Peter Boersma (he is also the Amsterdam UX Cocktail hour organizer). I asked him if he would like to be my mentor and said yes! So, when we started, we defined how the relation will work: what kind of help, the duration, which forms of contact... In essence, I ask him questions by mail, he review my docs and correct/guide me, and every now and then we meet to do it face-to-face (I love AMS). And he also know what I need to improve and my interests, so he always sends interesting info: contacts and the best resources (links to whatever: articles, videos, people...). I contacted him last march, but we really started in may. So we have been working together for almost a year. Now I feel more comfortable with my work and at my work. We know better each other, so I'm improving my questions and he wonderfully guide me: reactive and proactive. So, I usually bore him with: thanks, thanks, thanks! Lately, I've seen lot of people asking for masters and education advice in the list. But Mentorship could be also an option for some cases. Personally, I'm enjoying methodology and also career help from my Mentor. bests regards! (and hug for you Peter!) silvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49305 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
