Unfortunately I've had the opposite experience, so I worry my help won't be particularly helpful. Almost every great mentor I've found was through work. Teamm

Unfortunately I've had the opposite experience, so I worry my help won't be particularly helpful. Almost every great mentor I've found was through work. Teammates that I would gravitate towards, usually because I was stumped on something. Eventually they'd have something for me; then we have this sort of paired-mentoring thing going A suitable stand-in would be open source projects for things you're interested in. For me, it's been Ansible -- particularly roles (reusable tasks) for it. Get your hands dirty with something. The important part in finding a good mentor is being teachable Tell 'them' (rather often a vague audience) what you're trying to do, how you're going about it, and how it's different from what you expect. If things are presented well I've found people are usually eager to help