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How To Be A Good Software Engineer Mentor

Milecia on August 15, 2019

Mentoring is one of the best ways to help junior developers grow their skills. As a mid-level or senior developer, it's up to you to decide what ki...
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Maria Calestino

Can you recommend any mentors?

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Milecia

I can't really recommend any mentors. Finding a good one is rough! But you can try asking people that do work you like if they would mind mentoring you. That's how I found all of my mentors. And not to be pitchy, but I also mentor code newbies. ☺

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Emma Bostian ✨

You should both check out Coding Coach! :) I built it for this reason! codingcoach.io!

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hussein cheayto

codinstyle.pro/mentors/ check out my website

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Eric

Dm me! I'd love to help you!

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Bernardo Bessa

A "young" fellow should have the space for skepticism. To do even the most stupid questions when he/she feels doubts. With failure comes the experience to decide and to discuss.
As a junior software engineer (with 3 years of experience), I think these bullets are very interesting. Just some improvement to the post would be considering not only the focus on coding, but other areas in software engineering (as requirements engineering, architecture, etc.)

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Theo

Amazing Post!

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Carlos A.

Thanks a lot.
Now I see why I failed in my pair-programming. =S

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hussein cheayto

If you want to become a mentor or find a mentor, check out here

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Emma Bostian ✨

This is great!

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Milecia

Thanks Emma! I saw you're speaking at React Boston and so am I! It'll be awesome to meet you because I follow a lot of your writing!