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Ask HN: Anyone interested in connecting with a mentor?

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Mentors has had a significant impact on my life. To continue the cycle, I’d like to make myself available to all of you.

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 highly interested in the opportunity of becoming a mentee.

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’m interested in becoming a mentee.

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

That's a great offer.

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?

If you want to mentor semi homeless man without future...

As I mentioned, I'm open to connecting with anyone. I would definitely have a more positive outlook cause you'll have a future regardless if you want to, you don't really have a choice haha. Feel free to Twitter DM (@_panw) or email me (panw@outlook.com).

I've always been interested in finding a mentor with at least a few years of experience over me (recent grad).

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 am graduate student from New York. I am looking for a mentor who can help me to monetize my idea and scale up my startup, which i started with couple of my friends. please contact me at arjunhmuralidharan@gmail.com

Hi there, I don't know if this is the right place to ask but... what does a mentor is supposed to do?

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!

Mentorship is a relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. The mentor may be older or younger than the person being mentored, but she or he must have a certain area of expertise.

I think this is a great question. I don't think there is a definitive description for a mentor. It could mean many things to different people.

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 really interested in becoming a mentee.

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 :)

I am a developer from Amsterdam, trying to build a video-chat platform. I would love to chat to anyone about anything. DM me on twitter @aminozuur or see email amin@eftegarie.com

I'm interested in becoming a mentee. Right now I'm about to launch a call center SaaS on top of twilio (I'm a developer) and would appreciate any help/advice.

My skype/email: nyddle/nyddle@gmail.com

Hey im very interested. It would be nice if you could contact me at david.b@iquitmanagement.com

Thanks for your messages and emails. I was only expecting a few people, but this is awesome.

Looks like y'all don't like Snapchat lol. What would be the best platform for us to connect (Slack, Twitter DM, FB DM)?

Snapchat is so agressive with permissions, I really wanted to try it but didn't want to install it. I'd prefer slack, but FB and skype (or XMPP) would also work :)

If you feeling like mentoring someone that is coachable and is willing to get better. Have a shot at me. my email is in my profile.

Tl;dr: 15 years as sysop and 5 as python Django looking to change places

Hi there! I would love to have someone to give me some career advice. I have been working for less than 2 years and still don't know what I would like to do in the future.

I desperately need a mentor. Such people are difficult to find.

Feel free to Twitter DM (@_panw) or email me (panw@outlook.com)

Wow, thank you! I will email soon.

Also, if anyone might be interested in being a mentor, please let me know. The more the merrier.

I do.

My technical focus: Backend technologies / Multithreading / Java Also I'm very much into sales / marketing lately.

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