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andrew_chou

@andrew_chou@toot.cafe

Senior dev at Digital Democracy 🌎 • Former core dev at Manyverse • occasionally none too happy 🐝

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andrew_chou, to random
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Open question: how do you go about finding mentorship in a field where you're considered quite experienced? what models have worked well for involved parties?

context is that although I'm a senior-ish level software dev, I somewhat sorely wish I had opportunities to have a mentor in areas of interest that I don't have guidance for. unfortunately my work doesn't have the resources for this, so I'm left to figure this out on my own if I want to set something up.

andrew_chou,
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I've been a mentor in the past, but the relationship was always a pairing of "completely inexperienced" person with "working profressional in field of interest".

The thing I'm asking more about is "working progressional who has this potentially unrelated/tangential interest" paired with "working professional who works in field of interest".

andrew_chou,
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@soatok yeah I think that's the strategy I've naturally opted for and how I've ended up in the spaces I'm in.

Think there are some topics where having a more structured relationship would be helpful (for me). Hard to arrange that kind of thing though, based on my previous experiences

andrew_chou,
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@soatok I think one thing that I've maybe overanalysed is the idea that maybe I give off the idea that I don't need this kind of mentoring, because of my experience level? like especially if you just have a cursory knowledge of who I am, one could assume "oh they're a senior dev, they don't need a mentor".

maybe can be more eloquently explained 😅

andrew_chou,
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@soatok yeah fully agree!

> The question is whether one exists, or if you must turn inward instead.

this is part of the struggle for me - I'm not explicit enough about what I'm seeking, hence I never find out if one exists and end up doing my own thing 😄

andrew_chou, to random
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In Berlin next month (May 19-26). anyone to meet, things to see, places to eat?? 👀

andrew_chou,
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@carlschwan had Ruyam on my list and actually went to Sahara Imbiss last night (was good!) - so seems like I'm on the right track 😄

andrew_chou,
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@blag wow so wildly specific (but unsurprising 😁). thanks for the suggestion!

andrew_chou,
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@kirill that's why I'm here in the first place 😉 but awesome that you're bringing stuff! definitely caught my eye when I first saw it

andrew_chou, to tcl
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I fell into a tcl/tk rabbithole today...

andrew_chou,
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dammit I fell back into this rabbithole again 🫠

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