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#rust #mentors #rustmentors

For many years now, I've been a part of the rust mentorship programme:

https://rustbeginners.github.io/awesome-rust-mentors/

I possibly get maybe one or two emails a year, asking me for help -- and often is the case that the person I end up speaking to just tends to "disappear"; I'm not sure why. I don't **think** it's me, per se -- although it might be! I don't recall ever being rude.

But just a few weeks ago, I had someone contact me, and so far, he's utterly genuine. He's asking all the right questions, and it's an utter delight to be able to help him. THIS is what I signed up for all those years ago -- to be able to do this for someone else. He's not doing this to solve a homework question, or anything. He's preempting possible changes to the language stack where he works.

Amazing! I'm the lucky one being in this position.

How many other #rust #mentors are out there? It's made me think about the group I'm a part of. We never meet or speak as a group, and I feel we ought to.

If anyone is interested in this sort of stuff, let me know.

Oh, and by the way, I am *NOT* an expert on Rust, so I'm learning all the time --- be it on my own or through mentoring others. But this is the point -- mentoring doesn't imply "guru", but moreoever, it denotes a relatioonship of trust to figure out the right thing, together. :)

#rust #mentors #rustmentors

For many years now, I've been a part of the rust mentorship programme:

https://rustbeginners.github.io/awesome-rust-mentors/

I possibly get maybe one or two emails a year, asking me for help -- and often is the case that the person I end up speaking to just tends to "disappear"; I'm not sure why. I don't **think** it's me, per se -- although it might be! I don't recall ever being rude.

But just a few weeks ago, I had someone contact me, and so far, he's utterly genuine. He's asking all the right questions, and it's an utter delight to be able to help him. THIS is what I signed up for all those years ago -- to be able to do this for someone else. He's not doing this to solve a homework question, or anything. He's preempting possible changes to the language stack where he works.

Amazing! I'm the lucky one being in this position.

How many other #rust #mentors are out there? It's made me think about the group I'm a part of. We never meet or speak as a group, and I feel we ought to.

If anyone is interested in this sort of stuff, let me know.

Oh, and by the way, I am *NOT* an expert on Rust, so I'm learning all the time --- be it on my own or through mentoring others. But this is the point -- mentoring doesn't imply "guru", but moreoever, it denotes a relatioonship of trust to figure out the right thing, together. :)