Mentorship, Design and Creative Engineers | Alyona Volkova | Beyond Coding Podcast #121

Connect with Alyona Volkova: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvol OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Echo-free chambers 00:01:00 - Calming yourself down 00:03:15 - Overthinking things with public speaking 00:05:29 - Recognising yourself in footage 00:06:34 - Receiving compliments 00:09:29 - Actively self-reflecting 00:12:10 - Different ways to retain information 00:15:05 - It all started with photoshop 00:17:49 - Alyona's first real job as a developer 00:20:40 - Moving from developing to design 00:22:38 - Love for software engineering and design 00:25:33 - Developers and designers understanding each other 00:28:00 - Patrick's experience working with designers 00:29:16 - Creative developers 00:32:54 - Alyona's journey with mentorship 00:36:23 - Fulfilment in mentoring 00:37:43 - Long-term mentoring relationships 00:38:59 - Mentees having similar challenges 00:40:20 - Understanding the thought process 00:42:20 - The right mindset 00:43:41 - How to be a great mentor? 00:46:08 - Pair designing and co-creating 00:47:47 - Copying designs to learn 00:50:18 - Tutorials and knowledge retention 00:51:48 - Continuous learning and improving in mentoring 00:53:30 - Past, present, future 00:55:15 - Crossing paths 00:57:18 - Mentoring has changed Alyona 01:01:29 - Rounding off #Software #Technology #Podcast - Connect with Patrick Akil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-akil https://twitter.com/PatrickAkil_ Feedback is always welcome :) Beyond Coding is a weekly podcast with fireside chats on tech, entrepreneurship and career journeys. Common topics are: software engineering, leadership, self-improvement and entrepreneurship. Authentic, informative and inspiring. That's the aim for each episode. Shoutout to Xebia for making these episodes possible 💜: https://www.xebia.com Beyond Coding on your favourite podcast platforms 🎙: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7asIKIPU3N6n0SNWHxwMnQ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-coding/id1572440477 Google Podcasts - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81YmI1N2VhYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Audible - https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08K56MZBQ Anchor- https://anchor.fm/beyond-coding Castbox - https://castbox.fm/channel/id4169675 Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/beyond-coding Pocket Casts - https://pca.st/gljc9jhh Radio Public - https://radiopublic.com/beyond-coding-G3YVLg Equipment we use 💕 Rodecaster Pro - https://www.amazon.com/-/en/dp/B07M5LQ1YZ/ref=sr_1_1 Rode Procaster - https://www.amazon.com/Rode-Procaster-Broadcast-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B001IPUJJI/ Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro - https://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-Professional-Headphones-Limited-Renewed/dp/B07KWY57MR/