I find mentoring to be extremely valuable when I am working on large projects (a capstone perhaps?), so I was completely on board earlier this quarter when Dominic—our fearless Design Studies professor—encouraged us to seek out various mentors to work with over the next two quarters. These mentors could be experts in a field related to our capstones, design professors/practitioners, etc. I am very excited to report that as of this week, I have been fortunate enough to land a mentor to play the role of overseer, similar to Dominic. One nice thing is that the mentor I chose is close to the UW design program without being completely inside of it, but also in the “real world.” It’s a nice balancing act. The qualities most important to me in choosing this specific mentor were:
- Honesty. I know I can trust the feedback I get is not edited to save my feelings or overly harsh, just helpful.
- A deep understanding of what Design Studies actually is.
- Total and complete awesomeness.
Can anyone guess who it is?
