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Mentor Matching — May 2024 🤝

Michael Tharrington on May 14, 2024

This monthly series is dedicated to helping mentors and mentees connect with one another. 🤜💥🤛 The DEV Community is made up of a wide variety of de...
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Antony Sastre • Edited

1) I have 15 years of experience as a software developer. Primarily building web applications. But this would be my first time mentoring.

2) I can be available up to 2 hours per week to tutor and mentor a fellow junior developer.

3) I'm doing this because i recently came back to programming after a short break and realised I love this and I might do have something to contribute. I hope to contribute to the sense of community between developers.

4) You can reach me on either slack or google meet. But I can adjust to appropriate channels that works for you.

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SANKET MAHADIK

Hello,
Thank you for reaching out and offering your mentorship! I'm excited about the opportunity to learn from your expertise and experience. Your dedication to fostering a sense of community among developers is admirable.

I'm more than happy to join your mentorship program and collaborate with you to enhance my skills and knowledge in web development. I appreciate your flexibility with communication channels and look forward to our sessions on Slack or Google Meet.

Please let me know the next steps or any specific topics you'd like to focus on during our sessions.

Best regards,
Sanket Mahadik

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Saurabh Chandra

Hi Antony ,

My name is Saurabh I am from India, I am a CS student and learning Web Develoopment.
Currently i'm enrolled in Harvard CS50w and a React course on Coursera.

It will be amazing to learn from you .

Kind regards

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Aditya Pardeshi

Hi Antony,

I love building cool products. I'm in the early stages of my career. I've worked as a Senior Software Engineer at an MNC before. But that didn't excite me as the work wasn't enough. Now I'm freelancing and looking to work at startups. Would love to get your guidance and learn from your extensive experience. Let's connect!

Thanks!
I'm active here -
namesaditya

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Paulo Henrique

I have worked with IT for at least 24 years, and with the internet and social media for the last 15 years, mostly with WordPress as a tool and Open Source as a philosophy. I have written a book, given lectures and courses at various events throughout Brazil, and for some years I have been known as an active tech blogger in Brazil. And there's more, but you can see in my Portfolio. Also, I won the Coze AI Bot challenge :D

Honestly, it would be my first time mentoring someone online, but for some years I guided interns and juniors in the agencies where I've worked, giving tips and helping them get the hang of the job. I'm also willing to adapt and learn as I go.

Extra Info

  • Experience in media agencies and startups since 2008;
  • Experience working for digital agencies since 2019;
  • Experience in writing;

What I'm able to offer (it's my b-month, so I'm willing to make it all for free as long as I have free time)

  • Career Advice;
  • Resume Review;
  • Code and Project Analysis;
  • Help Improving Writing and Documentation Skills;
  • Professional Mentoring for projects;
  • Consultation on something else that you want, like Linux management and scaling, WordPress development, etc.;

Preferred method of communication:

Email and video call. If you are from São Paulo - Brazil, we can share a coffee and talk about your projects.

Frequency:

It depends on what you need you my help for, and how much you need it, but probably weekly

Why you're doing this

There are lots of things that I had to learn the hard way. I think my experiences can be helpful to the new generation.

How folks can connect with you.

You can go to my (in need of an update, I know) portfolio, or connect with me on LinkedIn.

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JJOA

Hi Paulo,

My name is Juan I am from Peru, currently living in Argentina, I work as a remote Frontend developer.

It is very impressive your experience and will be amazing to learn from you and also to read your blogs.

Kind regards

PD: I have sent a connection request on Linkedin 😁

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Aditya Pardeshi

Hi Paulo,

I love building cool products. I'm in the early stages of my career. I've worked as a Senior Software Engineer at an MNC before. But that didn't excite me as the work wasn't enough. Now I'm freelancing and looking to work at startups. Would love to get your guidance and learn from your extensive experience. Let's connect!

Thanks!
I'm active here -
namesaditya

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I am Josh.

I'm both mentor and men...tee?

15 years of self-taught web applications development. Failed out of school but still "made it," so I'm very supportive of 1st-timers trying to figure things out. I led a chapter of free code camp back when I had time for such things.

Also looking for career advice.

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Israel Rotimi

Hi Josh, I feel inspired by your story and will like to connect with you as a mentee.
I am a JavaScript developer with some experience, a fast learner and mostly seeking career support and code collaboration. You can reach me on email: izzyrotimi@gmail.com

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Andrew Whyte

Hi all, I am looking for a mentor.
1) I have 7 months of experience as a developer, I went through a boot camp run on behalf of my company and was good enough to end up with a tech role.
2) I am looking to grow my knowledge and grow into a solid junior developer in the short term. My biggest struggles right now is working within a test driven development environment.
3) I work a hybrid pattern which I work in the office in London 2 days a week and from home in the north east of Scotland. I am able to make myself available 2-4 evenings a week.
4) I can be reached on discord, google meet, zoom let me know your preference.
Thanks

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Paras 🧙‍♂️

Hi Andrew, hope you are doing well !
I am Paras, a fullstack developer with over 5 years of experience in MERN Stack. I am also a Neo4j certified professional. I would love to listen to you and hear your thoughts and share my understanding and experience. I am available this weekend, so if interested, we can connect and have a discussion. We can connect via google meet for that. :)

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amythical

20+ years in software dev, More about me in my first post dev.to/amythical/new-to-devto-6i8
I have been helping fellow devs in teams I have worked with.
First time mentoring at DEV.to
Happy to share my experience with developers new to coding,
also happy to connect with anyone building their own tech product and facing tech/non-tech business challenges.

I can connect on discord/email and can spend time catching up 3-4 times a week via a causal discord/email chat.
Email - amythical@gmail.com

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Monty Harper

I've recently hit my one year mark as a learner/developer of iOS apps. I completed a nanodegree on Udacity.com, and I'm 2/3 of the way through Paul Hudson's 100DaysOfSwiftUI. I'm hoping to land a job doing this at some point soon. I'm an older guy getting into this after years of being a professional musician and college algebra instructor. I could really use some guidance on building a portfolio, spinning my resume, networking, getting into the app store, furthering my learning - everything really. I'm spending about half my time at this and the other half gigging to pay the bills. Thanks!

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SvetlanaPrus

Hi, I am looking for a mentor.

My name is Svetlana, 51 years old, live in Norway. At 48 I started learning programming via courses & bootcamps. After 1.5 years I found an internship, and then switched to a permanent contract. But it so happened that now there is a crisis in the industry and I lost my job again. I'm looking for a new one, but the market is so tough now. Moreover. I have to pass a technical interview, but unfortunately I do not have experience in this.

I need a full preparation: solving algorithmic tasks on Javascript (those that are given in most cases during interview), solving tasks on the React, and theory (question-answer).

Time frame & goal: by August-September improve on all counts.
Frequency: meetings can be once a week or more often, by agreement.

You can contact me via Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/svetlanaprus/

Thank you.

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Menai Ala Eddine

Hi!

I started programming in 2012 and I developed desktop, mobile and web applications for corporate and startups. I spend my free time on open source, GitHub.

If you are an intern or a junior developer and you would to learn how to work on open source project with a guidance, and learn more about team collaboration, I support you with that by working together on real project.

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Carlos Fuentes

Hey! I'm Carlos, Software Engineer with ~8 years of experience.
Through my career I've worked alone as freelance and with different organizations from startups to organizations. Previously worked at a Fintech startup, and now more into the IAM realm.

Huge fan of Open Source, I'm an active maintainer of Fastify, Undici and most recently Piscina!

I've been doing mentoring for a while and I'm open to help as much as I can.

Happy to get in touch :)

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Rodrigo

Hey Carlos, I'm new to coding and just started a Full Stack Program last January. I will like to find a mentor who can help me out in getting through this course.

I want to become a full stack developer I can spend 5-10 hrs per week on it.

If you or any other mentor will like to reach out it will be great!

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PRANSH RANA

Hi All,

I am a software developer, currently finding myself in the mushy middle of transitioning into a full time software developer role from a mixed career of robotics and mechanical engineering.

I am looking for someone to guide me into becoming a skilled and confident software engineer. I work with cpp python and bash. Please let me know if you can help me out. I am pretty coachable and a fast learner, and you won't be teaching me things from scratch. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Paras 🧙‍♂️ • Edited

Hi Pransh, I am Paras, a fullstack developer (MERN Stack) and certified neo4j professional with over 5 years of experience. I would love to have a conversation with you regarding your thoughts and your plans for future. I don't know how much I can help you with but I will try my best and share what I have in my bucket.
Let me know if you are interested :)

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Jet.Glomar

Hi All,

I am looking for a mentor. I've been in the field for 8 years now but I still consider myself as someone who has a lot of room to improve on. Looking for someone to guide me regarding navigating the paths I want to try in the software development field and get some advice regarding my confidence in the career. My goal is to be able to improve my confidence and grab more opportunities than I can considering the stage I am in now. I can meet multiple times at the convenience of the mentor time. We can also meet via Zoom, Slack, and another meeting platform that the mentor wants to use.

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darishkhan

Hey! I am looking for a mentor in the field of cybersecurity - infosec, pentesting or bug hunting. I do web development and have decent understanding of the web. I am willing to devote as much time as required for the menteeship. Someone who's having a decent experience in the field of cybersecurity, please connect!

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Cedric Garcia

Hello!
I am looking for a mentor.

I have graduated from a ROR bootcamp recently and started to build my first website. Given the needs for this website, I decided to make a static webpage with Hugo and no back-end infrastructure while forgoing JS altogether to follow some ecodesign objectives and also explore CSS (but also because I need to learn JS!)

My goal is to finish the website and make sure the final result is something I'll be happy with (and the customer too but I think my expectations are much higher than his :D) and complies with best practices before making my wife's business website which will is a more complicated project although still easy and trying to find some customers to see if I can develop some freelance business for a year or two (I still want some proper company experience in the future as I'm convinced it'll boost my skills)

I'm very available and can meet several times a week but even some short sporadic guidance can be enough to make sure I'm on the right path.

I'm reachable on slack, discord, email or whatsapp and my project (CREATIP) is available on my GH (@Discopigeononline)

Cheers!

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feba • Edited

Your current experience level as a developer
2 YOE, experience as a contractor for big tech. Currently working full-time for a startup and doing a master's in software engineering.

What your personal goals are
I want to go pro, become a senior for big tech and/or migrate to another country

What your personal commitment looks like
Anytime. M-F, after 7PM CT

How folks can connect with you
fernandoed.bm@gmail.com

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Luke

Hi all,

I am working as a Software Developer, I usually work with ASP.NET & Javascript. Even though I have more than 4 years, I feel my knowledge, and my skills are still weak. I hope can find a mentor who helps me upgrade my skills and confidence. I'm always open and active in learning 🤗

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HandsomeHTML

Hello all,

I'm looking for a (friendly to newbie coders) mentor. I'm currently doing the CodeCademy Full Stack Web Developer bootcamp.

I'm in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, and can be reached here if interested!

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R3tr00o

Hi everyone!
I'm looking for a mentor :D

I have couple months of self-tought experience with basic front-end. I feel like I am at beggining of my dev journey.

The main long-term goal is to build projects (how to structure a good repo etc.) to my portfolio and then learn framework like React or Next.

I work 8AM-4PM GMT+2 so I'm abe to 3-4 evenings in week + weekends

You can reach me on discord, but I can adjust it to work best for you.
Thanks🙏

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Avez Qureshi • Edited

Hey Mentor's
I'm Avez , looking for a mentor! I am a MERN stack developer who has recently embarked on my corporate journey after college. I have approx. 9 months of experience in this corporate world. I want to make more and more contributions to Open Source using my MERN development skills. I would be very grateful for a mentor to guide me. I have dedicated the time slot from 8 pm for Open Source contributions so I will be always available during this time, You can connect me through my
email : avezqureshi4785@gmail.com
linkedin : linkedin.com/in/avezqureshi14/
github : github.com/avezqureshi14

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Wewake

Hi all,

I am a software developer with 8 years of professional experience after graduating with CSE degree from a top university in India. I have diverse experience across both MNCs and product-based startups in the following domains: HR SAAS, e-commerce webapp, gaming and Cloud infrastructure, and have had the pleasure of working with various languages and technologies.

I currently provide 1:1 paid mentorship for practical full stack development and DSA for interview preparations and referrals/placement assistance. It's a 4 month curriculum where we work on building several projects. We would practically explore python and JS and their frameworks and tools. I do provide a free trial class.

There are only 3 basic requirements from my mentees:

  • mentee should have a basic knowledge of coding
  • mentee should willing to give at least 2 hours each day for take home exercises
  • mentee should be available for 2 classes of 1.5 hours each week.

I offer the same program offline in my city of residence.

Please reach out directly on my email from my profile or my personal website.

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Yazan Maarouf

Hey mentors!

  1. Your current experience level as a developer:
    2 years full-stack + ML certifications

  2. What your personal goals are:
    Create a b2b startup that leverages latest tech to help businesses. I have no idea how. I need to do cold outreaches and find problems that need solving. Im very bad at this.

  3. What your personal commitment looks like:
    I am available after 9-5 and weekends. But willing to adapt to anything needed.

  4. How folks can connect with you
    Discord, email, linkedin. Whatever is possible it doesn't matter.

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Kruti

Hi all, I'm looking to work with a mentor.

1) Current experience: I'm a Nov '22 CS grad with no professional experience as a dev, but through academia and personal projects I have been coding for about 4 years

2) My personal goal is to improve my coding practices and work with a mentor on a more complex project from start to deployment to have a better understanding of industry standards and expectations. I have mainly worked in full-stack Python and JavaScript and I'm open to either tech stack

3) I can spend 10-15 hours per week; looking to do a project that will be around 3 months (but happy to work on a longer or shorter one if preferable)

4) Please respond here if you're interested in working with me and I'd love to connect on your preferred platform! I'm flexible with the platform/times.

Thank you!

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Pratyay Banerjee

Hi Kruti, would love to hear on what you're planning to work on, and feel free to shoot me a message over LinkedIn!

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Akanksha1020

Hi All,
I am a programmer currently in the process of transitioning into a full-time software developer role.
I am seeking guidance to become a skilled and confident software engineer. I work with C++, Python, React JS, node JS, Mongo DB, AWS, and Bash. Please let me know if you can help me out. I am coachable and a fast learner, and you won't be teaching me things from scratch. Looking forward to hearing from you!
I am currently facing issues with AWS also.

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Shuvrojit Biswas

Hey, I'm looking to teach about Emacs, vim and the linux system. Mostly productivity. If anyone interested, Feel free to message me.

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Tawanda Andrew Msengezi • Edited
  • Hello there, I have 3 years of experience developing website user interfaces and have a strong foundation in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

  • I want to become a software engineer at a large multinational tech company. I hope to rapidly gain experience and become a senior and mentor in the future. In the short-term, I'd like to learn front end development best practices.

  • I am available for 10 hours a week. I am currently working full-time somewhere else.

  • You can connect with me via my website tawanda-dev.netlify.app. You will find links to all my social media profiles in the footer section.

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Pluglet

Hi all - I'm 56 years old and looking for a mentor/'ask-a-friend' option. I'm currently a few years (part-time) into slogging up the self-taught full-stack mountain after a first career in economics and international development. I'm trying to build tools that I would have liked to have in my former role, rather than looking for an actual 'developer' job. I mainly use Python/Django; vanilla CSS/html; JavaScript when I need to; and Dart. My main issue is isolation: I regularly spend days banging my head against the wall on a problem, or heading merrily down a dead-end track, that could probably have been avoided with a quick question to a senior colleague. I reside on the Australian west-coast and can connect via whatever means is most convenient.

Here's my LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/alanmoody2002

Best regards

Alan

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Josef Nobach

Hello, my name is Josef. I'm a teacher in programming at a high school.

I am currently working with SvelteKit, trying to learn the ins and outs of how to make applications using Tauri and Svelte. I really love programming and I love communities that are positive. So I would like to put myself up for a mentorship.

Here's my LinkedIn and my GitHub if you want to reach out to me. And let's collaborate or see if we can share some common ideas. Im also available at a lot of discord channels :)

Great place here on Dev.to

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Benjamin • Edited

1.I am in the early stages of learning web development.
2.I aspire to be a professional full stack Web developer.
3.I can meet up twice or thrice a week through google meet.
4.Can reach me through what's app wa.me/qr/246HE7ILOWLTD1