How does it work?

As a mentee, you can either request a mentor or let us find the best mentor for them. In the first case, you can request one or multiple mentors from the list, and depending on the availability of the mentor we can make that happen. In the second case, you just needs to sign up as a mentee.

After you sign up to become a mentee, we’ll contact you in case we need more information or if we’d like to learn more about your preferences. Based on that, we’ll assign you a mentor. If you are ok with the mentor, then we are mostly out of the way, unless you or the mentor asks for our help.

The meetings themselves happen over video conference (Zoom or Google Meet). The mentor is responsible for scheduling the recurring 1:1 meetings with the mentee.

How long are the sessions?

We typically recommend 30 minutes every two weeks or once per month, but it’s up to you and the mentor. As a mentee, please try to be flexible with the meeting time and give priority to the mentor’s preferences. Remember that all Tupu mentors are volunteering their own time.

At what career level can I be a mentee?

You can benefit from mentorship at mostly any level, from being fresh out of the university to the C level. When doing the matching, we typically look for the mentor to be more senior than the mentee, but there can be exceptions. Remember that this program addresses itself to tech roles (software engineer, SRE, manager, product manager, tech writer, UX designer, etc.).

What if I no longer want to work with the assigned mentor?

We get it, not all mentor-mentee relationships work out, and it’s better not to force such a relationship. Also, it’s possible that you simply no longer have the time or energy to do these sessions. We are making it very easy for you to get out of the sessions in a professional way.