Mentoring in the Workplace: A Guide for Tech Professionals

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When I met Owen, he was sysadmin for Autodesk's Cyberspace Growth Group, which at the time was the center of the action for commercial VR.Older than me and far wiser,he gave me a continuous string of "clues" about how to operate in an surroundings of individuals with big brains and bigger egos.

"You've got to make peopel feel wanted. Lay out the welcome mat. Make it easy for them to contribute - and be recognized for their contributions," he advised.after three decades of open source, these feel like common knowledge. But in the early '90s, they were not widely recognized as virtues. I listened, and went from being a reluctant mentor to an enthusiast: connecting, listening, teaching, promoting, and cultivating because anything that helped anyone working with VRML would help VRML - so why not help?

"We're a community," Owen would say."And we've got to act that way."

Community also meant safety. Owen didn't tole

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