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Discussion on: 5 Surprisingly Effective Ways to Find the Right Mentor

 
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Saheed Oladosu

If you need to put money on the table for someone to mentor you, please don't do that. You will eventually gain nothing out of the mentorship.
I don't go against gifts during the mentorship, but don't use the money to motivate your mentor at the beginning.

I believe mentorship should come from the heart of the mentor and mentee. Not to initiate it through money.

I have mentored over 40 persons and I don't request money from them. If they give me a gift I collect.

You become oblige to the mentee if you are paid for the mentorship even when they are not taking your instructions seriously.

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perpetual . education

This makes no sense. "You should never pay for bread - because you can get people to give it to you for free... and if they were to be paid... then they would feel obligated to give you bread."

Once in a while, you can find someone to mentor you for free. There is only so much time for each person. Our own @sheriffderek , for example: mentors many people without payment for various reasons, but - that has nothing to do with how paying for tutoring or mentorship works in general. If you respect the teacher's time, then you barter with them. Surely - when you sign up for codementor to teach people - we'll be able to check and see that your price is 0$ ;)