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Vani Chitkara's avatar

This is written so well and talks exactly about these platforms and the issues with them. The part where it talks about mentorship being built on trust, that does strike a chord as I have had mentors in my current workplace and the kind of mentorship I get from them can never be possible through these paid 1:1 calls that are not built on any mutual relationship and trust. A good write up as always 👏🏻

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Akanksha Pandey's avatar

It's interesting how a simple tool that's a solution to scheduling calls and getting paid for your time has to figure out the ethical consequences now. Generally, that signals towards growth of a company. But with the Indian audience, a lot of that assumption falls apart.

I love how you reinforced the idea of what actual mentorship always has been. More than an exchange of money with one-way strangers. The mentor was invested in your growth.

It would be interesting to see if Topmate decides to solve this problem.

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