# Two Engineers, One Mentoring Story: Why Both Sides Win

DevFeed: [Two Engineers, One Mentoring Story: Why Both Sides Win](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/two-engineers-one-mentoring-story-why-both-sides-win-30001.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://engineering.freeagent.com/2026/01/27/two-engineers-one-mentoring-story-why-both-sides-win/>)

Author: Mila Kirova

Published: 2026-01-27T14:05:40Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [FreeAgent](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freeagent.md>)

Topics: [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [career-progression](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career-progression.md>), [careers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/careers.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [mentoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mentoring.md>), [rails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rails.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>)

## AI overview

FreeAgent engineers Carme and Mila discuss their three-year mentoring relationship, including how Carme strengthened her Ruby and Rails knowledge through guided study, practical exercises, and increasingly self-directed learning.

## Source excerpt

We are Carme and Mila, both software engineers at FreeAgent, where we collaborate as mentee and mentor. In this blog we interview each other about our mentoring relationship. We're hoping that our experience is universal and sharing our insights will be useful to anyone who is interested in mentoring. If you like what you read, [...]