http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anitag/archive/2010/08/14/do-you-need-a-career-mentor.aspxI was recently asked a question from an engineer on whether she should find a mentor. It seems like many people have mentors so how does one determine if they need one or not? Or does everyone need one and by not having one, are you missing out on somethingen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anitag/archive/2010/08/14/do-you-need-a-career-mentor.aspx#10207925Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:45:51 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10207925Charlotte OBrien<p>I enjoyed the thoughts on a person&#39;s self-assessment of character traits. Very helpful!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10207925" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anitag/archive/2010/08/14/do-you-need-a-career-mentor.aspx#10051272Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:57:23 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10051272anita george<p>I wanted to share a comment from Shawn on Facebook:</p> <p>&quot;As usually a very enjoyable blog entry. Another way to look at it is that it falls back to Maslow&#39;s Higherarchy of Needs. The need for a mentor depends on your place in the pyrimid. Some people will always have a need for a mentor type and some will never. Your field is very different from mine, at least I assume at Microsoft you have a few more &quot;A&quot; type pesonalities, whereas I have very few. This is a subject near and dear to my heart so I could go n for hours...lol.&quot;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10051272" width="1" height="1">