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Re:Ask HN: Would you please be my mentor? by OGiR on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @10:39PM (#8661007)
you can find other forums to ask more "abstract" questions

Could you name a few? I am often looking for places to ask unspecific questions of experienced programmers.

Re:Ask HN: Would you please be my mentor? by avinassh on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @07:06AM (#8661969)
for code reviews you can use http://codereview.stackexchange.com

and for python code review and feedback, try http://reddit.com/r/learnpython/ , it's a great subreddit with lots of helpful senior members.

Re:Ask HN: Would you please be my mentor? by S4M on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @07:57AM (#8662102)
Apart from the links the other commenters mentioned, there is IRC as well. I don't go there too often, but I came here with some "abstract" questions and I was well received - the last time I went, I asked in #python on freenode the most "pythonic" way to do something.
Re:Ask HN: Would you please be my mentor? by justintbassett on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @12:11AM (#8661171)
reddit's language-specific subreddits are a good casual place to start (although they can be surprisingly sparse)