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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:He said at a certainly level, being a tech lead/mentor is essentially the same as actually being a supervisor
A mentor is guiding and giving advice, but without authority behind it
Mentoring is part of supervising but not the other way around
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Srikanth Basavaraju wrote:
A mentor is guiding and giving advice, but without authority behind it
I don't think this is true in all the situations. A supervisor has greater authority. However, if the supervisor has a large team then (s)he can delegate the authority to the mentor.
Srikanth Basavaraju wrote:
Mentoring is part of supervising but not the other way around
I see it in a different way. A mentor may or may not supervise. A supervisor may or may not mentor.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:Hm. I guess I see this has helping and hot actually holding the authority.
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:I think a GOOD supervisor does serve as a mentor though. Whether he/she calls it that or not.
Srikanth Basavaraju wrote:Did a quick Google search and see this nice article - http://www.mentoring-association.org/membersOnly/Mentors/RoleMvsSupvr.html
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