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J Marney .

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So I was signed up as a mentor ,

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mentorship is so important because our

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new workforce coming on board is going

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to be our future leaders . A lot of us ,

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at least in my position are phasing out

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over time . And we definitely have to

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build a , a new batch of people to come

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in and assume those leadership roles .

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I signed up uh as a mentor . It , it

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establishes that continuity between

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some of us that have a little bit more

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experience versus those that are

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acquiring that experience and those

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skills . And it is great for , for

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junior level engineers and scientists

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to have that little bit of uh

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additional information that would make

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their decision making process a little

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bit less stressful and more joyful .

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They need to have a plan . I know

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that's very hard at a lower level . But

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even if you start and build a plan and

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say here's where I want to go , you can

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start vectoring on that plan to get

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there . That doesn't mean that plan has

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to stay that way forever . You can

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change it every year . But I think just

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having a plan and what you want to do

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is very important . I think I'm

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probably going to look into the

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Toastmasters and see how I can use that

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uh for my life , that networking

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opportunity and that public speaking

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experience I could be very valuable ,

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especially with the feedback that we

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get .