[Captain Ahab Jr]

Thanks again for taking time to post your comments

I've a meeting tomorrow to discuss my approach on how best to go about mentoring

Rightly or wrongly I've not prepared any spreadsheets, PowerPoint, Venn diagrams etc

Just going to let my passion for nurturing young engineers and my willingness to share my knowledge/experience do the talking.

A longtime friend and 35yr F1 design veteran and myself both agree on the same approach. It's a bit old school but from our experiences works well

Give mentored engineers design work that is beyond their ability. Allow them to make mistakes drown a little chose the wrong approach but always be there to point them back to the right path

At the same time introduce them to the right people to talk to so they create company wide healthy working relationships that help all parties.

Also give them 1st hand experience of seeing their hard work being manufactured, built and tested while fully understanding how their good work/mistakes impacts the rest of the team's

Hoping if I find the right approach I should help nurture the next generation of young engineers that never give up, push time, materials, manufacturing processes, to the limits with a never satisfied its good enough attitude while thoroughly enjoying what they do for most of the time