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Show HN: Codementor AMA for Developers

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19 pointsweitingliu7 comments

It's funny, just earlier today I was thinking how useful something like this would be. Even as an experienced developer, there are times when I'd like to bounce ideas off someone else for more immediate feedback.

Right now, I do that with co-workers, friends, and peers working on similar open source projects as myself. People are often busy, and time zones often don't match up.

$10 for 15 minutes seems to be on the high end of what I'd be willing to spend and really on the low end of what I'd be willing to charge. I'll probably give it a shot, but I feel like there needs to be more incentive to be a mentor (whether that be monetary or other).

Having been on CodeMentor for a few weeks now (as a mentor), I have some mixed feelings on the experience. I was hoping that I'd be talking with folks doing interesting things or helping fledging developers on a solid path. You do get that (and it is wonderful when it happens), however most of what it seems to be is `do my homework for me`, `fix my old jquery site`, and stackoverflow type questions answered in realtime. Overall, it has been a positive experience but just not exactly what I expected. I believe in what they are doing and expect things to improve over time if the brand can be grown.

Lastly, there does seem to be a mindset of `I want a stellar developer to talk with but don't truly value their time` (e.g. the $10 for 15 minutes of their time you mentioned). Not always the case, but it is definitely not common to see freelancing type rates. So, you end up donating your time, which isn't always possible to do from a fiscal standpoint.

Thanks for being a mentor on our site and thanks for the feedback!

We're coming up with ways to make sure you'd only get requests that you find interesting. Stay tuned!

I'm getting 69 uncached images downloading at 33MB total size. Takes 70s for page load on https://www.codementor.io/learn-python-online. Your scaling 2550px to 788px for me - perhaps on large retina displays this is worth while? IMO those 1MB images should be about 100kB.

Seems to be having load issues. Possibly related to being on the front page of HN?

Suggestion: In AMA, add a way to link to a specific question. You could add an ID and point to the current URL with the ID appended.

Great suggestion! We're adding that soon!

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