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David Yaotse

Silentweek 17
Briefed 1 h agoSignals 1 h ago

Situation

David has not written anything in his 1:1 group in the whole 21-day window. Four separate coach outreach attempts (Alexandros on 14 and 17 Aug, Florian on 18 and 24 Aug, Alexandros again on 30 Aug) have gone unanswered, so this is the second full week of no reply. There is nothing to corroborate either way: his Trello card has no GitHub link so commits could not be read, the current exercise is unknown and he has never logged time. At week 17 this looks like disengagement from the mentoring relationship, but the coaching side is the only signal we can actually see.

Concerns

  • Two weeks of unanswered direct messages from two different coaches; the relationship, not just the coursework, has gone quiet.
  • Escalating outreach with no reply risks the next message reading as pressure rather than care - worth changing the shape of the message, not just repeating it.
  • No GitHub link on the Trello card means there is currently no way to tell whether he is coding at all; that gap should be closed regardless of what happens next.

Drafts

Edit freely, then copy. pokAI never sends anything — you paste it into WhatsApp yourself.

low-pressure, easy to answer
why this, now

Four open-ended 'are you ok?' messages have not landed. A binary, zero-effort reply lowers the cost of breaking the silence and gives an explicit, guilt-free exit, which is often what unlocks a reply after two weeks.

warm, practical
why this, now

Normalises the drop-off rather than flagging it as a failure, and offers something concrete in return for a reply. Also fishes for the one fact we are missing - where he actually got to - since Trello shows no exercise and no logged time.

accountability check
why this, now

Names the pattern factually with the dates from the transcript and sets a clear, honest boundary rather than a fifth identical nudge. Invents no call or deadline that has been promised - the slot is offered, not assumed.

Open questions

What the data does not answer.

  • Is he committing? Without a GitHub link on his Trello card we cannot see whether he is heads-down or has actually stopped.
  • Which exercise is he on? The Trello card does not say, and he has never logged time, so we have no idea where he got to.
  • Has anyone reached him outside this WhatsApp group - email, phone, or another channel?
  • Is something non-technical going on (job, health, life) that would explain a hard stop rather than a slow fade?
  • Did he see or respond to the live call announcement of 26 Aug anywhere else?

Evidence

  • No message from David in the 21-day window; all 6 messages in the 1:1 are from coaches or the mentoring accountWhatsApp transcript 14-30 Aug
  • Four direct outreach attempts unanswered across 16 daysWhatsApp 14 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug (plus 30 Aug)
  • A second coach, Florian, escalated on 18 Aug ('I'm getting worried over here'), so the silence was already noticeable two weeks agoWhatsApp 18 Aug
  • No current exercise recorded and no time ever loggedTrello card
  • Commit activity could not be checked at allSignal gap: no GitHub profile link on Trello card
  • Coach's own opener on 14 Aug ('long time no see') suggests the quiet predates this windowWhatsApp 14 Aug

Signals

Gathered 1 h ago, looking back to 10 Aug 2026.

Not everything could be read.
  • GitHub No GitHub profile link on the client's Trello card.
WhatsApp — 1:1 - David Yaotse 6 in window, 25 seen
  1. RAK Alexandros Kapniaris 14 Aug 12:29
    hey hey! what's up? long time no see @CLIENT David Yaotse Yaotse
  2. RAK Alexandros Kapniaris 17 Aug 08:10
    Hello? @CLIENT David Yaotse Yaotse
  3. Florian Rakete 18 Aug 10:34
    hey @CLIENT David Yaotse Yaotse I'm getting worried over here - Is everything ok? Are you still alive?
  4. Florian Rakete 24 Aug 14:49
    @CLIENT David Yaotse Yaotse ??
  5. Rakete Mentoring 26 Aug 08:39
    LIVE CALL ANNOUNCEMENT
  6. RAK Alexandros Kapniaris 30 Aug 08:17
    hey hey @CLIENT David Yaotse Yaotse is everything alright?
Trello no current exercise

No time tracking inside the window. No entry on record at all.

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