So, just to be clear, I have no grudges against the people, but basically I don't like the core idea of doing a paid "guidance or mentorship" session. Examples being career guidance or famous resume reviews on Topmate
See, The very basic idea of asking for guidance is that you are in a vulnerable state and someone 'helps' you out by sharing their experience & giving back to the community in that way. This entire concept is thrown away when you Charge Money for it, it's no longer a help relationship - I can understand people are busy and have less time for mentorship, but that doesn't justify charging for it
There is another tangible problem in my opinion. When you Charge for a guidance session, it gives a transactional outlook for you - As in you never want to go really deep into conversations because it's a paid one time thing and as soon as your 30 minutes is gone, you have earned your prize. I know it's difficult to describe in words but when you do something for 1-time money, it's very difficult to not have a purely transactional perspective to it . This is something I have personally observed when I used to be in a competitive activity & did paid mentorship Sessions.
There is also a 3rd issue of inexperienced people giving out paid gyaan on issues which they don't have an idea of (I saw someone looking for their first full time job and yet running paid "career guidance" session on Topmate) but lets keep that for another day
ps : This is not against People whose job is advisory, that's a much more formal relationship by nature & there are enough checks and balances.
Completely agree with all your points. What most people cover in those paid 30 minutes is gyaan that you can Google yourself and get for free
So, i have had some amazing sessions with people who have helped me a lot in terms of advice, connections etc but none of them were paid as they were "helping" me out
And now, I am trying to do the same
I started out with free sessions, decided to convert those to paid but then decided to keep it free. Been doing this for more than a year now
The worst thing is, absolutely dogshit people with negligible experience and confusingly sizeable LinkedIn/Twitter audience giving resume reviews/career mentorship for 300 bucks an hour. My brother in christ you are a 3x intern and haven't even graduated yet cut the crap and stop stewarding people towards pastures you yourself know little about.
Exactly lmao, people cracking internships and then believing they know everything about resume reviews
Pahle apna career to bana lo :)
Completely agree with point 3, now a days if you open twitter people in 3rd or 4th year of college are giving resume building guidance. I think who are just coming out of college and giving gyaan. Just because your resume got selected in xyz company doesnt mean you know everything
The platform has made every intern a Leadership coach; charging ₹2999/- for each session.
The platform should have at least some decency to verify who is trying to become a mentor.
It is like only fans for professionals without the skin
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