Ask HN: Anyone interested in connecting with a mentor? |
Ask HN: Anyone interested in connecting with a mentor? |
A little about me: I have experience working on startups and in innovation centers with a background in computer science. I’m currently based in NYC, but I also spend a lot of time in SF. I’ve travelled most of the Europe, Asia, and the U.S. After college, I actually took 6 months off to couch surf through Europe, which partially inspired me to do this. Learn more about me at panw.weebly.com
Given my background, I believe I could be helpful to anyone who is involved with a startup, still in college, or involved with tech (getting involved or already involved). However, I am open to speaking to anyone.
Snapchat me @ pan-w
I am a recent graduate, and now CS Grad student whose focus is on web development and database systems. I'm based in sunny Cleveland, Ohio.
I am starting my first company and am looking to share my enthusiasm with, as well as learn from, a mentor.
Please follow the link in my profile for my personal page.
I like to think my life story is interesting and I'll be interesting to work with. Always been interested in business and entrepreneurship. Dropped out of college while studying computer science decided programming wasn't for me at the time. Somehow ended up playing poker professionally for a year and starting a screen printing business. During that time, started getting back into software development on my own. Ended up with a good salaried job.
However, the drive in me to be an entrepreneur never died. I’m always working on some type of side project and I'm very well read.
Find my email in my profile
I've always found my mentoring relationships to have developed organically, but I am sure that starting from a set of common interests is just as good.
I wonder if there is or should be a couchsurfing for mentorship?
As I'm working in my first job out of school a mentor would be a nice thing to have.
My email is in my profile if anyone is interested.
I, as a developer/"wannabe entrepreneur" have never had something that I could call a "mentor"... maybe the boss of my first job, but I didn't see him as a guiding force in my career.
What should a mentor do? How do I interact with one? I mean, I send him a piece of code for reviewing? Tell him or her about what I did that day?
Hope my questions are not too rude/off topic.
Thanks a lot!
To me a mentor is someone who is interested in helping me, I have a good relationship with and cares about my growth.
How you two go about doing those things will be entirely up to you. For example, maybe you two have some frequency of checkins or interact on a need basis. This could be over plain old chatting, code review, or playing a game. As long as there are thought out topics to discuss and a medium that makes people comfortable.
I am a front-end developer and been coding for about 3 years now, I am currently looking to learn CS basics and transition to a software engineer. I'm looking for a mentor who can guide me through the path and give me useful advice.
Thanks in advance :)
My skype/email: nyddle/nyddle@gmail.com
Looks like y'all don't like Snapchat lol. What would be the best platform for us to connect (Slack, Twitter DM, FB DM)?
Tl;dr: 15 years as sysop and 5 as python Django looking to change places