Resurfacing Some Old Posts On Mentors and Role Models

A friend’s WhatsApp status showed a tech YouTuber giving him a warm shoutout. It made me think of my heroes and mentors in my coding and writing career. #1. I’ve had role models, but I’ve never called them mentors. Someone you want as a mentor is usually too busy to accept the title. #2. At one of my early jobs, I worked next to my team architects. One of them helped me become a senior coder. Since then, I consider him a mentor. #3. If finding a mentor seems hard, books are the best mentors. 500 books equal a good mentor. #4. Even if alive, imagine your mentor is already dead. How would you learn from them? For my writing career, I’ve binge-watched and read James Altucher, one of my distant mentors. #5. Make your mentors ageless. Try to learn from everyone and anyone. If you’d like to learn from my journey, my books are a way to have me as your mentor. Find them here.