How to Get Mentorship — Without Hiring a Mentor

#1 mistake I made as a developer:

Not seeking feedback

In this article, I am sharing 5 ways you can get guidance and valuable feedback in your developer journey without 1:1 mentorship.

Let's go! 🚀

TL;DR

• Open source your code 📖
• Pair program with peers 👥
• Join Developer Communities 👪
• Build in public 🔨
• Get your code reviewed by peers 🖥️

Open source your code 📖

Open source refers to making code publicly accessible for people to use and contribute under a license

Benefits of open source:

• Proof of skills
• Genuine Networking
• Better software quality

Pair program with peers 👥

Every developer has a different approach to problem solving.

Coding with a peer will expose you to their techniques.

While pair programming you get to:

• Learn
• Teach
• Practice communication skills

which solidifies your understanding of the topic

Join Developer Communities 👪

Communities are the easiest way to grow as a developer.

In a community, you can get feedback by:

• Working with senior devs
• Asking technical questions
• Sharing your work

You will learn a lot more than just coding.

Build in public 🔨

Building in public is building software with transparently sharing the behind scenes.

You get to brainstorm with people following your journey; On any topic such as:

• Feature ideas
• Tech stack
• Website design, etc

It's a collaboration of highest order.

Get your code reviewed by peers 🖥️

Code review is a practice of other developers checking your code after you write it.

Code reviews are a great way to:

• Learn from peers
• Reduce bugs in code
• Improve code quality

You get better with each code review.

Wrapping Up

Hope you found these tips helpful.

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