Evidence

Format Online paper / PDF

"Our ability to strive toward quality is supported by the control we retain over our work."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Antecedents and Consequences of Psychological and Team Empowerment in Organizations: A Meta-Analytic Review

Source authors Scott E. Seibert, Gang Wang, Stephen H. Courtright

Source year 2011

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"In all those discussions, the mentor shows how to reject lazy approaches, improve ambiguous documentation, or push back against ludicrous designs or change requests."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Reviewing pull requests

Source authors Godot Engine

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"Otherwise, apprenticeship can quietly become another way of reproducing the same hierarchy of values, complete with its blind spots."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Challenging the gendered rhetoric of success? The limitations of women-only mentoring for tackling gender inequality in the workplace

Source authors Katherine Dashper

Source year 2018

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"Sometimes, a well-prepared mentee could help in lightening up the mentor’s bag."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Skill development in reverse mentoring: Motivational processes of mentors and learners

Source authors Robert Kaše, Tina Saksida, Katarina K. Mihelič

Source year 2018

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Online paper / PDF

"Working together with a peer can help makers develop a shared understanding of the medium and transfer knowledge between contributors."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Expectations, Outcomes, and Challenges of Modern Code Review

Source authors Alberto Bacchelli, Christian Bird

Source year 2013

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Video / YouTube Embed

"Zig’s reviewers had also shown us the force of mentoring."

Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains

Source authors JetBrains, Andrew Kelley

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Godot’s reviewers had also shown us the force of mentoring."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Vision for the Engine

Source authors Godot Foundation

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Godot’s reviewers had also shown us the force of mentoring."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Changes to our Contribution Policies

Source authors Godot Foundation

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Good mentoring can bring a newcomer’s implementation ideas and an experienced reviewer’s concerns into the same task while there is still time to adapt."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title Reviewing pull requests

Source authors Godot Engine

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"An available mentor sat high on the list of things that make a new career survivable."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Bag of Life

Source title New Horizons for Newcomer Organizational Socialization: A Review, Meta-Analysis, and Future Research Directions

Source authors Talya N. Bauer, Berrin Erdogan, Allison M. Ellis, Donald M. Truxillo, Grant M. Brady, Todd Bodner

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance high