My co-founder @k3fernan and I made this because we believe that mentorship is the most effective way to build your network and career. Over 5,000 people have used Merit for nearly 10,000 mentorship hours.

I previously built a diversity recruiting platform and saw many people leave promising jobs and opportunities because they didn’t know where to go next and didn’t have the support system to help guide them.

We’ve seen people use Merit to navigate job searches, promotions, career switches, and learning skills. The mentors are using Merit to improve their own skills by teaching others, broaden and diversify their own network, and give back to tech at large.

Mentors choose specific topics and times to talk, which keeps conversations focused and easy to schedule. This blog post details the settings we’ve implemented to set up mentor calendars: https://blog.get-merit.com/simplify-mentorship-with-a-merit-...

I’ll be watching this thread for the next 24 hours to respond to any questions, comments, or feedback you may have.

Thank you!