Ask HN: Where do you find mentors online?

I recall thinking that I NEEDED a mentor at one point in my life.

Eventually, I started learning from people online by reading their stuff and then learning from people I met offline. I never formally asked anyone to be my mentor.

My guess is that you're looking for someone who you can formally ask to be your mentor. I don't think that happens as much as you might think. It also probably sounds weird to someone when they are asked to "be someone's mentor".

Take a listen to this podcast episode - it helped me form some thoughts on the subject: https://seekingwisdom.io/04-you-need-more-role-models-a1fd02...

>>You are the average of the people you surround yourself with. But everyone is always on a mission to find a mentor. Why spend so much time and effort finding someone that you’ll only learn from once a month or once a quarter?

>>Role models are the people that open up the possibilities in your life and your career. We talk about why you need more role models on this episode of Seeking Wisdom.

This is largely an unsolved problem. I'd re-searched on this problem a month ago, and best-case was to hang out at a niche forum for your domain, and reach out to active/helpful members.

This is a good project idea.