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Ask HN: Did you have a mentor? Have you ever mentored someone?
I'm 23 and just joined the software industry. I feel like mentorship is something that's missing from my life, and it would benefit me both as a programmer and person in general if I could have a mentor-student relationship with someone experienced that I respected.
I wanted to know:
- Did you have a mentor at any point in your life (doesn't have to be programming related)?
- Do you feel like it was central to where you are now?
- How did it happen, or how did you meet them? Did you approach them and ask them to mentor you, or did it happen more by accident?
- If you've ever mentored someone, do you think it was worth your time? How would you feel if someone you didn't know very well approached you about this?
Thanks for reading.