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Honestly, a great mentor just comes along. He/she will be happy to help along the way & will have patience. I believe any relationship (whether it’s with a mentor, friendship, boyfriend/girlfriend) should not be forced. I’ve noticed a lot of these mentorships are forced & it never succeeds due to that fact. As long as you’re looking for one (whether it’s through meet ups, code marathons, work, etc), it’ll come to you. Wish you the best of luck on finding one!
If you’re not comfortable opening up, then it will be really difficult to develop a close mentor relationship.
Try corporate events but get close to people not in your office and in your teams. I have mentors from my company but I never met and who live in other countries.
There is a mentor program at my company, and my mentor is someone I had never met.
Also, though, I network outside my company, e.g. on Slack groups relevant to technology and even on Twitter. This can lead to at least some informal mentoring. I have been mentored by some well-respected people in the field.
Being new to IT I’ve found people I have stuff in common with in the twitterverse. Start with a field obviously the. Keep drilling down , post the occasional personal thing about yourself. I’ve found folks that enjoy ham radio, traveling in the Midwest and mountain biking. Having that in common helps making the ask easier for mentorship. Shoot just start with a simple how did you x or why did you find y….
Mentors shouldn't be in your team anyway so it's worth networking outside of your team.
Or build your LinkedIn network up and you'll naturally come across some.
Hi. Message me in private if you want. I like to be a mentor and I have experience doing it as well. Senior Manager in Analytics, in case you want to know more about me, currently working and doing a PhD.
Thanks , messaged u 🙂
A Mentor comes along when the student is ready. Forge relationships across hackathons, local dev meetups and coding events. Also be proactive and ask for mentorship once after you make a relationship with a person. Close mouths never get fed.
Well I work with government regulated personalities mostly IAs
Local conferences! There are a ton. I've met some great people that are in IT but completely different markets/industries. Highly recommend doing some googling for local events.
Meetu.ps can get you connected to like minded folks, and build from that.
Lol how do you find mentors in any field😜?
The people I've considered mentors in my life, both in my field and on a personal level, I just gravitated towards. I'm not saying that thet magically appeared and that's that, but if someone had something I felt I could learn from them, I could get along with them, and of course it was a consenting relationship, I felt myself drawn towards them over time. That is to say though it requires some level of opening up to someone. You don't have to spill your guts and them them your deepest fears, but there has to be some level of openess there. It's a lot easier to mentor and be mentored if both parties involved have a general understanding of eachother and their strengths and weaknesses.
You can reach out people on LinkedIn or you could use the Hub https://discord.gg/9FqSrd3x