You don't need a personal mentor (I usually don't have one at least), but a good source of good experience, like HN. Now if you are talking about making friend

You don't need a personal mentor (I usually don't have one at least), but a good source of good experience, like HN. Now if you are talking about making friends to talk personally, then I'd suggest for you to read the book "how to make friends and influence people" and try it out out in "the field".