Could you go to a conference to add in some social events that are programming-related? Perhaps having self-imposed deadlines and social support would be helpfu

Could you go to a conference to add in some social events that are programming-related? Perhaps having self-imposed deadlines and social support would be helpful. Do you know any programmers that could be a bit of a mentor? I went through a career pivot going from mostly web development to mobile programming. The big thing for me was to release your own apps and to create good tech demos.