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This comment comes around once every so often. Actively seeking a mentor might not be the right thing to do. Start doing something you care about, publicly, and people will find you.

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Agreed. Approaching someone with the question of "can you be my mentor?" is unlikely to work. These sorts of relationships often form organically throughout the process of working together on projects. So seek out projects where you can meaningfully contribute, even in small ways at first. And then show that you're the hardest working and most reliable person on the team.

"These sorts of relationships often form organically throughout the process of working together on projects"

Agree. And in fact the other way around in a sense smacks of someone being used regardless of whether that was the intention or not.

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