Mentorship with Giuseppe Castellano
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@Laurel-Aylesworth , I bet you’ll get a lot out of your mentorship with Giuseppe! I love his podcast; he’s a wealth of information and seems like a standup guy.
As the mentee, it’s usually up to you to kick things off and begin outlining your expectations of the program. He’s probably giving you ample time to collect your thoughts and develop an agenda. That’s how it works in my engineering industry anyway.
Remember, it’s for your benefit.
Let us know how it goes, I would love to try it out too one day in the future. Good luck!
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@Jeremy-Ross @Laurel-Aylesworth already kicked things off if I understand the sitch correctly
@Laurel-Aylesworth I'm used to people taking a good week or two more than necessary to get back to me, so I myself would probably wait far longer than I should. But I can understand why you'd want to get the party started.
I'd refrain from a 'grumpy' email even if you're in the right, though. Setting a confrontational tone is never a great idea
But then again, I'm a massive wussy, so you do you
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He’s probably just have a lot of things on his plate right now. He manages his own illustration agency if I’m right? You should probably send in follow up emails. Annoy him with kindness. Lol
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Hi, I am interested in doing the same course, was looking at the info yesterday. Could you let us know how things turn out? I am sure it is just life sometimes gets in. I love his podcast. But it is a bit unprofessional to go radio silence though. It is ok to be late with something, but silence is difficult to plan. I will follow up with a friendly reminder, and I would not consider a grumpy email if you just send an email and ask when the course will be starting.
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@xin-li Will let you know how it goes. Last night, I sent a very polite email.
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I sent him a Thankyou message through linked in once not expecting a response and he sent back a very nice personal message, That we bounced back an forth a couple times. He seems a genuine type person. I’ll bet that life is getting in the way and it will all be on track soon.
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Just an update on my on-going saga. Tomorrow was scheduled to be my first chat with Giuseppe for the mentorship, but he just wrote to reschedule it another 2 weeks out. @Lee-White or @Will-Terry - if you are even thinking of offering this kind of service in the near future, please let me know and I will happily divert my money to you.
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@Laurel-Aylesworth Oh dear. That's frustrating!
I know SVS is trying "Office Hours" and I think @Lee-White said they may do longer mentorships in the future, so it may be a possibility.https://www.svslearn.com/news/2020/1/19/need-help-with-an-illustration-gone-wrong
https://forum.svslearn.com/topic/8742/get-a-critque-by-jake-will-or-lee?_=1582066316485
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@Laurel-Aylesworth yes! We are doing office hours again soon. The first round was fantastic and students really like it. : )
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@Lee-White Cool. Lee, when are you starting up full portfolio reviews?
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@Laurel-Aylesworth Full portfolio reviews coming very soon! Within the next month or so.
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Hi @Laurel-Aylesworth, sorry to hear that... Just wondering, did he clarify why he rescheduled or simply change the calendar notice? I wouldn’t be too pleased either, especially if you prepared your day around the call. Hopefully you’ll have better news in 2 weeks!
I’m looking forward to office hours one day, and just noticed @Lee-White said Portfolio Reviews are coming!!!
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@Jeremy-Ross He emailed the night before and said he had a family obligation. The culmination of everything seems really unprofessional, and I'm surprised since most of the feedback I've heard of him is positive. I'm mulling over cancelling and going with the portfolio review at SVS. Will decide in the next couple days...the saga continues!
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@Laurel-Aylesworth, we support you either way. Trust your instinct.
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@Laurel-Aylesworth Yeah if I was in your shoes I'd be thinking the exact same thing... Things happen sometimes, yes, and since you've heard so much positive about him it's possible that you've just been really unlucky and have caught him in very bad times, several times. It happens to everyone, I know it's happened to me... There are people out there who would tell you I'm the worst person to work with, and people who would tell you I'm the very best person to work with - and yet I'm the same person. At this point you have to trust your instincts. This is a lot of money to put down for anything but perfect service. Have these events tainted the experience enough for you that you'd rather not go through even if you had 100% assurance that he'd show up for all the future calls? That's important to figure out. Maybe he's going through really rough family stuff, we can't know, but you can put your own experience and expectations first here and demand a refund even while sympathizing with him and not blaming him. Feeling both is possible, I think that's about where I'd be if I was in your shoes.
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@NessIllustration That's exactly it: my faith is shaken. I was planning on building my schedule around the mentorship, but nearly two months later I'm still in limbo. I'm leaning towards pulling the plug and doing a portfolio review with SVS. I've had nothing but great experiences with the classes, the forum, and in general I feel more invested in SVS - I believe the instructors have the students' best interest at heart. I love the idea of getting one-on-one feedback and guidance from someone in the industry, but not if they're not going to show up for me. I had a graphic design business for years, and ignoring a new client for almost 2 months after giving you a check would not fly. Thanks for your thoughts. This helps me process things to move forward.
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@Laurel-Aylesworth I'm so sorry this is happening to you Laurel
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Done. Just emailed asking for a refund. Sign me up, Lee!
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