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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by SonOfLilit on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:30AM (#27686602)
Mentees :)
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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by omnicognate on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:49AM (#27686690)
Mentee is the correct word in modern usage, but Mentoree would arguably be more "correct" etymologically in that Mentor is a proper noun that has been "verbed" [1], not "one who ments".

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_(Odyssey)

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