Nice work. Just a note to say I’d go twice a month if there were events in Los Angeles! I run a small tech-centric nonprofit and could definitely use this kind of help exactly.
I'm open to mentoring in LA. I don't have a space to offer, though.
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#12Nice work. Just a note to say I’d go twice a month if there were events in Los Angeles! I run a small tech-centric nonprofit and could definitely use this kind of help exactly.
Forrest, side question, does your non-profit have a website? Can you share if so? If no site, good way to get in touch with you? Been looking for volunteer opportunities in LA.
You might also want to check out Hack for LA. Community-led civic nonprofit projects. They meet weekly in the Arts District and on the Westside. http://www.hackforla.org
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#13This reminds me of a strong meetup in (at least) New York City called Hacker Hours. It's a great welcoming community that has nurtured a lot of people new to technology.
The meetup itself is not very structured in an almost perfect way for a lot of people. It provides an intimate yet very public experience for people to learn in a very safe and open space.
The pay forward mentality really helps communities like this stay strong and is critical.
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#14This is a great start — finding good mentors is too hard.
My favourites so far:
1. Stephanie Hurlburt has a list of developers willing to mentor others:
http://stephaniehurlburt.com/blog/2016/11/14/list-of-enginee...
Some resources from that list:
- https://ishansharma.github.io/twitter-mentors/
- https://mentorlist.herokuapp.com
2. I've used and enjoyed Codementor's “find an expert” for paid help:
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#15Apparently the CDN (media.licdn.com) used for Nichole Barret's avatar is blocked when tracking protection is enabled.
Just FYI, if anyone related to the site reads this.
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#16I love the logo. Making something as scary as a { look friendly.
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#17I think IRC does half or more of this. Usually there are channels for specific things with a lot of varied experience and expertise. For instance in the #xml channel on Freenode, some very heavy hitters in the XML world frequent the channel. It also allows you to contribute back for the more basic questions that might get asked. I like the personal contact in the abstract but it suffers from huge latency (have to wai…
It's hard to overstate the value I've gotten out of Freenode IRC over the years. The #postgresql channel is chock-full of contributors and PG gurus willing to generously spend time explaining concepts and best practices. A real gem. Same thing with #clojure and #haskell . ##networking is great as well. Pretty amazing to drop into the same channel for 6-7 years in a row and see the same faces every time.
One of the first things I used to teach devs on our team was how to ask questions on IRC to get the answers they were looking for. When you're working with niche tooling, building personal connections and relying on the community becomes irreplaceable.
Wish people IRCed mode, wonder what the trend with that has been recently with Slack taking over.
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#18Loved the logo :}
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#20I'll run one of these in Downtown Denver Colorado!
I would go to this, happily on both ends of the conversation.