Ask HN: Where to find a mentor in my city (or any)?

I live in Los Angeles and would love to meet someone who I could get advice/motivation from in moving forward career wise. I've been in this business two and a half years but seem to be the only one at my company that gets excited like a kid at learning new programming technologies/concepts. The meetups in my neighborhood that I've attended tend to attract very new programmers so not a lot of learning there (although i really enjoy helping them out). Other than "co-workers" and "meetups" I'm not sure of the best place to search. Thanks!