I mentored 100+ Rust engineers. Here’s what worked…

Lessons from mentoring 100+ engineers learning Rust, covering four key themes: avoiding over-reliance on LLMs by prioritizing genuine understanding over code generation, staying focused on specific goals to avoid scope creep, building portfolio projects that demonstrate real engineering judgment rather than AI-replicable work, and maintaining consistency through community and accountability. The post concludes with a pitch for the author's paid Rust Live Accelerator program.