Ask HN: Anybody looking for Mentors or willing to be a Mentor?

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Post by nurall » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 4:04 AM UTC

Ask HN: Anybody looking for Mentors or willing to be a Mentor?
nurall.com

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Post by z8000 » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 4:23 AM UTC

I read "Mentors" as "Mentos". Now I'm eating a mint. Thanks for that.

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Post by colbyolson » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 4:25 AM UTC

Well, yet another one of my website ideas in action. I wish I could pump them out a little faster.

Site looks alright, I'll be sure to check it out later tonight when I get home. (on the iPhone ATM)

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Post by char » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 4:36 AM UTC

z8000 wrote: post #2

I read "Mentors" as "Mentos". Now I'm eating a mint. Thanks for that.

I read it as 'Mentos', too, and now I have that song in my head!! Now you do, too. Sorry.

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Post by aik » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 4:38 AM UTC

Who's Nuron? Play on words?

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Post by mishmax » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 4:59 AM UTC

colbyolson wrote: post #3

Well, yet another one of my website ideas in action. I wish I could pump them out a little faster. Site looks alright, I'll be sure to check it out later tonight when I get home. (on the iPhone ATM)

This is a very simple site, it's all just WuFoo forms! Must've taken less than a week to design and go live. Smart.

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Post by tom » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 5:22 AM UTC

I think this is an interesting concept, but man, making a mentorship match is HARD. You have to really hit it off with the person, on more of a personal level than anything at first. Then the rest works out. I'll be interested to hear some real feedback once you've made some matches. Please do give us a followup in a few months.

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Post by joshu » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 6:19 AM UTC

char wrote: post #4

z8000 wrote: post #2

I read "Mentors" as "Mentos". Now I'm eating a mint. Thanks for that.

I read it as 'Mentos', too, and now I have that song in my head!! Now you do, too. Sorry.

Mentor : Mentee :: Mentos : ?

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Post by daeken » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 8:21 AM UTC

My problem is the following: I have quite a bit of knowledge and I like to help, but have no idea how to start actually being a mentor. I've "mentored" quite a few programmers in reverse-engineering, but it's never been a formal thing, just helping out from time to time. I guess these are the questions I have:

  What are the responsibilities of a mentor?
  Is this relationship more like a teacher-student relationship or like a senior team member bringing on someone new?
  How long does this typically last?  (Formally, at least -- I'd imagine that if the process works out well, the relationship will likely continue past the end)
  What sort of time is dedicated to this?

This is something I'm very interested in, just don't quite have all the information I need to jump into such a commitment.

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Post by codeninja82 » Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 9:01 AM UTC

This is an interesting concept. I would like to see the quality of relationships that Nurall will be able to generate.Mentoring is a give/take relationship and is a Hard Problem to solve.