• A lot of newer developers see experienced developers and ask them to be their mentors
• Or think they need a dedicated mentor to make progress and teach them
• Look for a public mentor like Angie Jones or other creators who share their knowledge
• That puts a lot of pressure on the mentor and also asks them to dedicate a lot of their free time
• Following someone's content is a great way to get that "mentorship" aspect
• One of the greatest mentors I've had is the Virtual Coffee community
  • I get to learn from everyone around me
  • Learn from their experience
  • I feel motivated and encouraged by them
  • I can learn just by being a fly on the wall
• Because I'm learning from a community instead of just one person I can learn about a lot of different things
  • I'm a frontend developer by nature so a lot of content creators I follow talk about frontend and I can learn from them.
  • But when I'm apart of a community I can learn about things like devops and aspects of programming that I don't know about
  • You get a lot of different views and opinions
  • You get people who are at different stages of their careers
    • You can learn from both those who are more senior or more junior from you
• But I can also give back to that community
  • Leveling up the community is a great feeling and also beneficial to you
  • When you learn something from a community you can write content about it and that might help teach someone else.
  • It feels great when you can learn something, release content about that subject, and then that content teaches someone else
  • And hopefully from there, the cycle of teaching and learning continues!
• Learn how to ask good questions
  • Broad questions like, "What technology should I learn?" are hard to answer
  • It's easier to answer a question if there are specific details
  • Easier to answer questions if you talk about what you tried or what you were doing.