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I like this idea, obviously I couldn't afford it for every thing I want to learn, but there are some topics where I can't really find quality tutorials/MOOCs/whatever and would be willing to pay to learn.

How would one go about doing this? Was that person listing their mentoring services somewhere, or did you contact them directly?

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I made a post on the C++ subreddit (r/cpp) asking for a mentor. Talked about the project and said I was willing to pay. Some people pointed me towards others (those people were too busy), but one guy reached out and had an online presence I could check out before deciding.

The mods removed my post btw :/ apparently it was against the subreddit rules to ask for help. Found the guy before they could remove my post though, and here I am.

Reddit is overly moderated, to the point that many communities do not seem friendly at all. The programming ones are a mixed bag. But others are worse. I was browsing recently a medical subreddit which was a support forum for a certain class of diseases, and people were using codewords to refer to banned names of various medical problems, to avoid having their posts deleted. It was ridiculous.

For programming/tech related topics, I no longer use reddit these days, instead just read HN and some blogs. The community is nicer here.

> it was against the subreddit rules to ask for help.

Yes, as it says in the /r/cpp sidebar. You needed to post your request for help in /r/cpp_questions/

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