How did you meet your Mentor and what drew you to them?
seven: I am not sure whether my mentors are aware that they are my mentors.I am a freelance developer and security guy. Trying to go from services to something more scalable.My business mentor is an about 60 year old African business man, who is my client since about 8 years. He grew up very poor and is now owner of many companies, providing jobs for several thousand people. I am still fascinated about how he approaches new things and try to learn from him whatever is possible. I try to see him at least every 1-2 years in person, but we exchange emails more or less every month.Then I have my coding mentor. We shortly worked together in a project some years ago. I realized that he is a genius and started calling/emailing him when I had something interesting to say or to ask.I would give the following advice to find and keep a mentor:
Do not expect anybody to ask you for your progress. Present your work. Ask for opinion. Do not be afraid to question the advice of your mentor. And you should care about your mentor too. Give your opinion on your mentors work.