Mentorship, Design and Creative Engineers with Alyona Volkova

Connect with Alyona Volkova: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvol Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/jW3xmo27144 New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:25 - Echo-free chambers00:01:00 - Calming yourself down00:03:15 - Overthinking things with public speaking00:05:29 - Recognising yourself in footage00:06:34 - Receiving compliments00:09:29 - Actively self-reflecting00:12:10 - Different ways to retain information00:15:05 - It all started with photoshop00:17:49 - Alyona's first real job as a developer00:20:40 - Moving from developing to design00:22:38 - Love for software engineering and design00:25:33 - Developers and designers understanding each other00:28:00 - Patrick's experience working with designers00:29:16 - Creative developers00:32:54 - Alyona's journey with mentorship00:36:23 - Fulfilment in mentoring00:37:43 - Long-term mentoring relationships00:38:59 - Mentees having similar challenges00:40:20 - Understanding the thought process00:42:20 - The right mindset00:43:41 - How to be a great mentor?00:46:08 - Pair designing and co-creating00:47:47 - Copying designs to learn00:50:18 - Tutorials and knowledge retention00:51:48 - Continuous learning and improving in mentoring00:53:30 - Past, present, future00:55:15 - Crossing paths00:57:18 - Mentoring has changed Alyona01:01:29 - Rounding off