On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think that mentorship has a higher return than documentation... with > documentation, we seem to be pushing people into a deep blue sea of > information without really showing them how to apply that knowledge to > getting tasks done. Mentors fill that gap. While I agree, mentorship also has a higher cost than documentation, in terms of taking people away from doing productive work. I agree that the return is *much* higher, both in having people able to make meaningful contributions and (likely) the retention of those people as contributors. However, that equation doesn't always enter people's minds (certainly not mine unless I consciously make myself think about it like right now), and they see short-term resource drain vs. long term gains. _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
