Reasons Why You Need a Mentor

A mentor will laugh at problems you consider impossible and it will speed up your learning process.

Since Greek philosophers, the value of a mentor has always been underestimated. 2000 years later, the rules still apply.

A mentor, or at least emulating someone, who is now where you want to be at some point in the future, is the fastest way to success.

A mentor will laugh at problems you consider impossible and it will speed up your learning process. This makes it less frustrating and more challenging.

Ideal mentors are colleagues, preferably more experienced than you. Also, people that you can frequently interact with either offline or online.

In my article on How to Ask Someone to Be Your Mentor, I discussed extensively how to navigate the rigorous task of finding the right mentor.

In this one, How to Keep Your Mentoring Relationship Professional, I discussed how to fight the temptation to turn professional to casual, after getting a mentor.

In case you struggle in finding one or you don’t feel any form of synergy with the ones that offered to coach you, an alternative is a community of like-minded people. Where different perspectives and backgrounds will help you solve problems faster.

You can find these people either on blogs and forums. But the most effective way is to either search for or establish a local community, and have weekly or monthly meet-ups. The exchange of ideas will help you to stay on track with industry changes, new technologies, and can even offer career opportunities.

As a newbie, having a good mentor will speed up your learning process, and can at the same time open a lot of opportunities to you.

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