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Why I Mentor: Investing in People as a Technical Leader

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# Why I Mentor: Investing in People as a Technical Leader


People ask me why I spend 10+ hours a week on mentoring when I'm also pursuing a PhD, leading a company, and running active research. The answer is simple: it's not charity. It's fuel.


What Watching People Break Limitations Does to You


I have invested in many people's careers — people who were told they couldn't, who doubted themselves. Watching them get their first data science job, publish their first paper — there is no metric for what that does to you.


NSBE and the Power of Community


Serving as President of the NSBE chapter at UA Little Rock isn't just a leadership role. Black engineers are underrepresented in AI research and leadership. That's not an abstract statistic to me.


The Investment Mindset


I think of mentoring as compound interest. The time I put into someone today returns — in ways I can't predict — for years.

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