2024-07-31T18:00:00Z
Hi there!
I’m seeking a partner to discuss topics like coding, and regular challenges. I’m looking for someone who can spend at least 3 hours daily.
A little bit about myself- I’m 26, and have a full-time job that barely manages my expenses.
My plans- As I have some basic knowledge of coding but still I’m starting from scratch.
Asking someone to commit to the equivalent of a part-time job is a lot to ask, but you can come to this forum any time of the day or night and talk to a whole community who is learning with you.
These are hard to come by, however your best chance of finding someone willing to mentor you in their spare time is via a community.
You would need to put in effort to be apart of the community and give people time to get to know you. (2-3 months)
There may be Tech meetups in your area.
There are Discord communities that do projects together you could join.
(I tend to find Discord communities via YouTube content creators)
Note - many people say “mentor” when they really want a “free tutor”. Tutoring from a qualified programmer can be very expensive and is a huge thing to ask to be given away for free.
Hi JeremyLT,
Thank you for your respons. Well I’m trying to learn by myself as I managed some extra time after my day job & I understand the value of time of a mentor. And I’m not asking for free advices!
Thank you once again for responding.
Hi Guided!
Thank you once again for your response. But as I mentioned I have a full-time job, so with a limited time frame I’m interested more in learning, I would like to have suggestions about concepts that will help me understand the ecosystem. Also I’m looking forward to meet ups, communities & can you tell me what happened to freecodecamp discord? I checked but the invite link was not working. Here’s the link - Introducing the freeCodeCamp Discord Chat Room
Hi Vikramvi,
Thank you for your response. Also, can you tell me what happened to FCC discord?
I went through that link but it was.t working - Introducing the freeCodeCamp Discord Chat Room
I’m not in the freeCodeCamp discord, so cant answer that.
If you can only put in 3 hours a day, keep the discord open during that time, spend no more than 15 mins at the start to read through what others are upto and at the end of your learning session, consider posting what you’ve been working on or anything your interested in.
You don’t have to post everyday, 2 - 3 times a week when you’ve just joined a community should be enough to give people a chance to get to know you a little.
Most small communities are full of people that are to busy to post, but will read what others have posted and stop to help out when they can.
A lot of learning comes from the community. They will be your introduction to tools and technology that doesn’t make it into online courses.
When I say you need to commit, I mean you need to be consistent, which can be the hardest thing to do.
But if you can show your consistently trying within a community, people will be more likely to take time out of their day, to talk through concepts and read through code, giving feedback.