I've been very fortunate enough to score a pretty cool mentor, actually mentors. Not only are their personalities very compati- ble with mine, but they are very skilled and very sociable as well.
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I'm currently planning to go to meetups with my mentor. He told me that now is a great opportunity because it doesn't make it seem like i'm only trying to network to get a quick job access. I can use this as experience and get great advice from other successful developers.
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I've been contacting my mentor via slack. We also set up paired meetings and discuss future coffee date plans and how to message developers that I am interested in reaching out to.
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We've been discussing what to say, conversation starters, and what kind of developer I should reach out to. We've also discussed what to expect, and what to keep in mind. For example, rejection is possible, so keep in mind that not everyone is willing to help, and that's totally fine.
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To create a stronger network, I'm going to try to involve myself in the posses that I've joined and also connect with fellow Turing grads on linkedIn, and to connect through my mentors as well.
Hey Jessie, this is a great plan! Glad you've been able to establish a strong relationship with your mentor to build on!