January 27, 2026
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes
Every engineer looking to progress in their career should consider putting together a group of diverse mentors.
Mentors are foundational in helping engineers through providing unbiased opinions on their work. Through recurring conversations around growth, team dynamics, product, and the business, engineers can collect feedback and help identify paths toward success.
A good rule of thumb for every software engineer is to have a mentor who is at least one or two steps ahead in the career ladder. In doing so, you guarantee that you can bring your issues to your mentors, who have almost certainly dealt with them before.
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January 27, 2026
