Re:Ask HN: Want to join a startup as a developer, looking fo...
by plinkplonk on Sunday May 29, 2011 @03:28AM
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This may not be the answer you are looking for, but (good) mentors result from actually doing things, not vice versa. Just f%^%ing do stuff that interests you and learn whatever you want to learn, without waiting for permission or validation.
If it helps ease the pain, I was an enterprise sw dev well into into my late twenties, before I reached the "WTF am I wasting my life on this crap" moment. In the days of widespread internet access and Amazon, the only limits to your self improvement and leveling up are within you.
My suggestion : take one item from your "want to learn" list and get really good at it. That process will open more doors (including good mentors). "Asking random strangers on the internet for mentorship in everything" (to quote strlen) is unlikely to result in much progress.
I once wrote a blog entry on a somewhat related topic at http://pindancing.blogspot.com/2010/12/answer-to-will-you-me... . HN discussion at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1994998 .
If it helps ease the pain, I was an enterprise sw dev well into into my late twenties, before I reached the "WTF am I wasting my life on this crap" moment. In the days of widespread internet access and Amazon, the only limits to your self improvement and leveling up are within you.
My suggestion : take one item from your "want to learn" list and get really good at it. That process will open more doors (including good mentors). "Asking random strangers on the internet for mentorship in everything" (to quote strlen) is unlikely to result in much progress.