u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Looking at *Pathrise*: >Learn from the bestWe've brought together the best mentors from Google, Facebook, and other top companies... This is always interesting to me. If you've ever worked for a big company (and I mean on a meaningful project - as a designer or developer) - the
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Hey I love your bluntness and edge. Something at Formation we haven't figured out is how to talk about mentors. We have many mentors that are like paid (the equivalent of) '$300+ an hour at their day jobs' and they work do mentorship with us for the mission. Genuinely very unique in industry mentors. And then we try to make sure people get sessions with many mentors and get more from the right people. I think this is a good way to work around a lot of the problems you mention.
RE: Facebook, I can comment on my experience. I left Facebook after eight years, the stock is up 100X since I started so financially it worked out, I built really cool things, met a lot of amazing friends who are doing awesome things outside of Facebook today, I had some life changing experiences, I met my partner!, I learned product insights you can't learn anywhere else. I left right after the 2016 election when Facebook was still pretty cool! The biggest problem was a lack of people from diverse backgrounds being in the room.
Most importantly, I helped a lot of people grow in their careers and that's why I'm doing what I do today. There are so many people from non traditional backgrounds who can have a major impact in the world in tech (not only big tech) and I want to help coach them to get there. Hopefully we agree on that at least :D