# Technical Mentorship Reimagined: Time-bound and No Awkward Asks Necessary

DevFeed: [Technical Mentorship Reimagined: Time-bound and No Awkward Asks Necessary](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/technical-mentorship-reimagined-time-bound-and-no-awkward-asks-necessary-1636.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/technical-mentorship-reimagined>)

Author: Sarah Naqvi

Published: 2021-02-10T17:35:22Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react-native.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [react-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react-native.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes an Engineering Mentorship Program created to help developers learn from colleagues and grow their technical and leadership skills. The time-bound program supports mentees and mentors through recurring signup cycles, selected areas of interest and expertise, and company communication channels.

## Source excerpt

Authors: Sarah Naqvi and Steve Lounsbury Struggling with a concept and frantically trying to find the answers online? Are you thinking: I should just ping a teammate or Is this something I should already know? That's fine, I'll ask anyway. And then you do ask and get an answer and are feeling pretty darn proud of yourself and move forward. But wait, now I have about 25 follow-up questions. Sound familiar?