Programming Mentors?

[Vaughn Treude]

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 09:16, Scott Gonyea wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a self-taught programmer, and I am very good at motivating  
> myself.  However, a road block that I run into (on repeat) is the  
> lack of any direction or knowing how to pursue programming,  
> professionally.
> 
> I'm wondering if there are any sort of "mentorships" that people  
> would be willing to offer.  Whether it's professionally or on just a  
> side project, I would not ask for money.  Only a little direction and  
> encouragement.  I can write code or put together well-thought out,  
> and well-designed documentation.
> 
> Is this possible?  Do people offer this?  I've worked on the .NET  
> Framework (as well as WinCE embedded devices), Win32 and Linux (x86)  
> ASM, and just about everything in between (including C/C++), for both  
> Linux, FreeBSD and (lately) Mac OS X.  I'm well versed, and I learn  
> exceptionally fast.
> 
> I want to take what I know, and give it the experience it lacks.  I  
> sincerely hope this is appropriate for this mailing list, and if not  
> then I apologize, deeply.
> 
> Regards,
> Scott Gonyea
> sgonyea at mac.com
> 
> 
Scott,
I think a lot of people in the group have been doing this informally.  I
try to help people when I can (though I've been rather swamped lately!)
I've got a decade of C++ and two decades of C under my belt, so I guess
I'd qualify as an experienced software guy.  I think this is part of the
purpose of the monthly developer meetings (I haven't been able to attend
for a while- they're still having them, I hope.)  It's also true that
even C/C++ gurus like myself could benefit from the experience of other
developers in the group.  I've got very little experience in PHP and
Java, none in Python, and I definitely need to brush up on my SQL.
Vaughn

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