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      1. …in reply to @pamasaur
        @pamasaur Totally with you. I originally intended to only take on a single mentee last year, but had a TON of amazing candidates. I eventually narrowed it to two.
    1. …in reply to @AaronGustafson
      @pamasaur I love group teaching/training/mentorships, but it’s hard to go deep with folks. If someone is struggling, you need to be able to invest the time.
  1. …in reply to @AaronGustafson
    @pamasaur I ended up setting up calls with my two mentees on alternating weeks for an hour. If we needed more, we’d set that up too. Sometimes we skipped a call if it wasn’t necessary. We also synced via email and Twitter as necessary.
    1. …in reply to @AaronGustafson
      @pamasaur I think that worked well and made it easier to juggle two mentees, a day job, travel for work, and (of course) my family.
      1. …in reply to @AaronGustafson
        @pamasaur If you decide to take the leap (and I encourage you to), don’t overtax yourself. Start small. I’d encourage you to start with one person (two max) until you figure out how to balance things.
        1. …in reply to @AaronGustafson
          @pamasaur To be honest, I aim to stick with two this year as well. Who knows what will happen, but I’m not sure I can do justice to them if I take on more.
          1. …in reply to @AaronGustafson
            @pamasaur As I still write and speak a lot, I consider that my 1:n mentorship work and this program is my 1:1 mentorship work.