> I'm sort of mid-career now, and I just feel I have missed out on mentors outside of my very first job. I'm worried about it in general because I feel inadequa

> I'm sort of mid-career now, and I just feel I have missed out on mentors outside of my very first job. I'm worried about it in general because I feel inadequate to mentor others. I've wanted a mentor for at least 7 years now, and I didn't find one. If you're mid-career, you're probably perfect as a mentor for someone. The question I have for a mentor is "how do I get to the next step?" -- and a person who is either on that step or recently left it would know. Or someone way more ahead who's introspective and remembers well -- but I'm okay with less. I was never a better classroom teacher than on my 2nd year of university. Everything was fresh to me, including why people don't get things the first time, because I'd only recently not got it the first time.