Where can I find mentors for CS-adjacent things?

Question

Hello! I'm a pretty highly motivated high school student and I've started doing projects and learning theory that would significantly benefit from mentorship to clarify things/answer obscure technical questions. Where can I look for someone that might be willing to help me out?Shoutout to [rust mentors](https://github.com/RustBeginners/awesome-rust-mentors) for doing something similar but I'm looking for a more general site or social scene where people volunteer their time (ideally with an opportunity to give back and mentor someone else so I don't feel guilty)

more_corn · Accepted Answer

I took an apprentice a few years ago. I help him with his stuff and he helps me with my project and learns as he works. It has worked out well for us both. I get an extra pair of hands / motivation and he gets mentorship.
Where are you located? I highly recommend finding someone in your city if possible. Some of the most important lessons my apprentice gained were slow, high bandwidth, in person lessons around problem solving and patience.
Don’t worry about paying back yet. That comes later when you’re successful, you simply pay the debt of mentorship forward.

ml_more · Answer

Find a community where people are pretty chill and ask. You'd be surprised how often simply asking for what you want works. (perhaps that is lesson #1)Post some contact info in your bio, maybe someone here is looking for a mentee.

legerdemain · Answer

I'm happy to answer CS/software/computery questions and point you to books/reading (email in profile, please allow ~1 day turnaround). Let me also check with people I've worked with, in case Stanford has a more formal organization for mentoring.

psyklic · Answer

I got started in middle/high school too! Feel free to send me any questions/code (email in profile). I recommend also hanging out in the Discord of an open source project that interests you (and of course start contributing with their help!).

verdverm · Answer

There are some streamers on twitch that often answer questions, but it can be very hit or miss