https://blog.girishshekhar.com/tags/mentorship/Recent content in Mentorship on Girish ShekharHugo -- 0.163.3en-usSun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/3-writing-is-the-most-under-used-leverage/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/3-writing-is-the-most-under-used-leverage/Most Principal Engineers treat writing as documentation—a secondary activity that happens after the real work. But writing is the highest-leverage mechanism available at staff-plus scope. It scales mentorship, compounds over time, creates artifacts that outlive individual conversations, and builds the connective tissue for relationships you can’t maintain through meetings alone. This post covers why PEs underinvest in writing, what changes when they stop, and how imperfect artifacts often create more value than perfect silence.https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/building-influence-with-a-village/Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/building-influence-with-a-village/Most engineers treat mentorship as a one-person relationship and influence as a byproduct of technical skill. Both assumptions break down at this level. This post introduces the village model for mentorship, practical tactics for influence without authority, and the mental shift from closing conversations to opening relationships.https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/why-now/Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/why-now/Why I decided to start writing — and why now felt like the right moment.