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• ****@ L5: “Kibeom is an excellent mentor who is not only able to provide technical guidance, but is also able to find appropriate opportunities for engineers junior to him. Interacting and discussing with Kibeom about a problem always leads to a viable solution and actionable items. Kibeom never hesitates to offer insights and/or share technical knowledge; this helps foster a positive learning and growth environment at TensorFlow.”
• ******@ L3: “Kibeom has been an excellent mentor to me … In particular, I very much appreciate his style of “helping me help myself” by focusing on the bigger picture issue and teaching me generalizable skills that I could use to solve other problems on my own as well. Another aspect I found valuable is the fact that he presents himself as a peer and not a senior while having discussions with me. He actively encourages me to challenge his opinions and form my own independently of his. … Kibeom volunteered to be my mentor as I joined the TensorFlow team but over time he has gone above and beyond to help and guide me. … As someone who joined the team remotely, I am particularly grateful for his instant responsiveness. No matter the medium (chat, email, CL, meeting invite), I can rely on him to always and immediately provide me with some direction when I lack it. Because of this, I have never felt like I was stuck alone thousands of miles away from the rest of the team.”
• ****@ L4: “Kibeom is my mentor and we meet on a daily basis. The thing I appreciate most about Kibeom is he is always ready to help. I feel no pressure to ping him about technical or non-technical questions. He usually jumps in quickly and gives me insightful advice. He is very knowledgeable and frank. I am lucky to have him as my mentor.”
• *******@ L4: “… thank you for being so supportive in helping me ramp up in the team! As my mentor, Kibeom has been very active since my first day at Google. He walked me through many tools that helped me speed up. He also set very high standards in code review as well as daily work. Kibeom even kept giving me 1-on-1s during his travel time out of office.”
• **********@ L5: “Kibeom takes time to educate others on the things he’s learnt, and this is an immense help to the entire team.”
• Anonymous feedback: “Kibeom has been a great gMentor, offering topical advice in areas like career development, leadership, and self-assessments. I was impressed by the amount of effort he put into making sure his mentees are well-equipped with relevant resources (he consistently gave us 3+ links related to the discussion topic to follow up on) and have a solid grasp on how to apply these learnings on their teams.”
• Anonymous feedback: “I am one of Kibeom’s mentees from the Research & Health Mentor Program. Kibeom has been a great mentor, sharing his experiences as a SWE, a rotational PM, and across different teams at Google. He’s been a great resource for me as a Noogler, making himself available outside of our monthly group meetings as well!”