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In this episode, we speak to recent graduate, UX designer and Co-founder of Cmd+J, Anshuman Dhar who shares how mentorship can help newbies as well as seasoned designers. Anshuman talks about how he moved from chemical engineering to UX design Angie and Anshuman discuss how the definition of mentorship is changing and the power of community mentorship. We note how design institutions have easy access to mentorship in the form of a rich network of different kinds of mentors to learn from. Anshuman describes the gap that Cmd+j seeks to fill. Young designers are looking for ‘someone like us’ who made it. Mentorship is about giving back to the community. As a mentee, assembling your own mentors by finding people who resonate with your unique journey can be powerful. We look at best practices of reaching out to a mentor online. Design Lota blog: designlota.com Design Lota is hosted by designers Angeline Bhavya and Sushmita Charlu. Podcast Music by Shankar Narayan