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Do you love Rails and Ruby? So do I, please mentor me!

6 pointsadrianmn7 comments

After spending few weeks on learning python/django and ruby/rails and going over the tutorials I feel ruby and rails are a much better fit for me.

I am 31 and I am learning it full time.

Are you enthusiastic about Rails and would like to guide me in the learning process? I have temporary added both my Skype and email address in my profile(I would prefer Skype).

Thanks, Adrian

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Dear adrianmn

I probably not the type of experienced mentor you are looking for. However I've been using rails for about a 1.5 years and have managed to accomplish most of what I've wanted to do with rails in building my own startup app - padseeker.com.

I'd be happy to do what I can to help. Drop me a line and I will do what I can. At the very lest if you are having some of the same issues I had when I started perhaps I can be of service.

While we are on the subject the most valuable book I've purchased in learning rails has been The Rails 3 Way by Obie Fernandez. I highly recommend it.

http://tr3w.com/

Also I used 2 forums frequently when I hit the wall trying to tackle rails problems. I recommend joining both of them and using them frequently. When I have an issue I post it on both forums - Rails Forum and Stack Overflow;

http://www.railsforum.com/

http://stackoverflow.com/

Thanks. You have no contact options listed and I don't like using whois contact data. I have my contact details in my profile if you would like to reach me.

I have got basics of rails under the belt(https://github.com/thoughtbot/trail-map/blob/master/trails/r...) but still there is plenty to learn. so lets collaborate, share our learning experiences, give/get advice & solve problems. This way we can help each other.

Skype: gaurishs

Google Plus(for hangouts): https://plus.google.com/111797581157961256980/

Adrian, If you receive too many offers, and I hope you do, please pass a few over to me :)

Will do but it doesn't seem to be heading that way :)

Are you also learning Rails?

i wish you luck finding someone, because i know how good it feels to have a mentor. but if you don't: don't worry. you actually don't need a (single) mentor. the internet is your mentor.

i started learning rails 2-3 month ago, and because of its popularity their are tons of free resources, tons of people willing to help out on stackoverflow. almost every question i had, and typed into google, was already answered on a blog or on stackoverflow. and if you do have a very specific question, that is not already answered (i doubt it), i guarantee you, someone will answer, if you properly ask on stackoverflow.

good starting points are:

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book

http://railscasts.com/

i would especially recommend working through the rails book. its not your typical programming book. its more like a really long, in-depth and well written tutorial. it took me two weeks (i skipped some of the chapters) to work through the book, and afterwards i really felt i knew enough to start working on my own project.

I'm available on skype if you and/or brian have any questions while learning rails :)

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