{"id":1215,"date":"2015-10-22T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2015-10-22T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:59:36","slug":"the-importance-of-being-a-mentor-with-cody-bunch-ep-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/10\/the-importance-of-being-a-mentor-with-cody-bunch-ep-98\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Being a Mentor with Cody Bunch &#8211; Ep 98"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talk to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cody_bunch\" target=\"_blank\">Cody Bunch<\/a> back at VMworld 2015 about mentorship and how he finds the time to help others. Cody&#8217;s\u00a0day job is as Principle Architect at Rackspace as part of the OpenStack Product group, but we dig into a passionate project of his that means a lot to all of us Whisperers.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cody-bunch-avatar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1218 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cody-bunch-avatar.jpg\" alt=\"cody-bunch-avatar\" width=\"208\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How do you find a mentor? How do you become a mentor? How do you know you should be one or the other or both?<\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mentorship is a mechanism to give back<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vBrownBag\" target=\"_blank\">vBrownbag<\/a> project as a one-to-many medium, with mentorship is one-to-one<\/li>\n<li>Getting beyond stagnation in a career<\/li>\n<li>Searching for accountability from peers<\/li>\n<li>Finding time to mentor others<\/li>\n<li>Finding time to be mentored<\/li>\n<li>Pushing toward self-awareness<\/li>\n<li>Mentorship is not going to come to you, and it most often is outside of your current company<\/li>\n<li>Feeling the gap in the community and pursuing it<\/li>\n<li>How do you start something like vBrownbag?<\/li>\n<li>How did you let go of something like vBrownbag when you can&#8217;t do it anymore?<\/li>\n<li>Reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zma4MIw7I_o\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Lowe&#8217;s talk with us on TheCube<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Inspiration from community peers, like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nerdblurt\" target=\"_blank\">Luigi Danakos<\/a>\u00a0(who inspired me as well)<\/li>\n<li>Fighting the urge to feel like an imposter when someone asks you to be a mentor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for mentorship opportunities, reach out to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cody_bunch\" target=\"_blank\">Cody Bunch<\/a>. You can also volunteer to help the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=I+volunteer+in+tribute+to+help+@vBrownBag!+%23vbrownbag&amp;via=geek_whisperers\" target=\"_blank\">vBrownBag community<\/a>\u00a0(click to tweet them!)\u00a0and keep an eye on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.scottlowe.org\/tags\/#Collaboration\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Lowe&#8217;s programs<\/a>. Keep making us all better by volunteering your time!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_584\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1215-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1215-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talk to Cody Bunch back at VMworld 2015 about mentorship and how he finds the time to help others. Cody&#8217;s\u00a0day job is as Principle Architect at Rackspace as part of the OpenStack Product group, but we dig into a passionate project of his that means a lot to all&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/10\/the-importance-of-being-a-mentor-with-cody-bunch-ep-98\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Importance of Being a Mentor with Cody Bunch &#8211; Ep 98<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_585\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1215-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1215-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-Ep-98-Cody-Bunch.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1220,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions\/1220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}