TLDR: Do you have a mentor? If so, how did you find them?<p>I've built successful products and services, worn various hats in startups (from early employee to founder), and have over 15 years of industry experience. While I'm proud of my journey, I want to keep pushing myself.<p>Here's my challenge:<p>1. Friends: They're either too busy or don't have deep expertise in my field.
2. Therapy: Great for life struggles, but not for technical advice or business strategy.
3. Online platforms: While there are talented folks out there, it's difficult to find experienced mentors with a genuine track record, not just years at a big company or generic motivational advice.<p>Do you have a mentor? If so, how did you find them?
You have 15 years of experience. You are likely the mentor, than the mentee. Anyway here is the easiest one:
<a href="https://sive.rs/ment" rel="nofollow">https://sive.rs/ment</a>
What are you trying to do, <i>exactly</i>?<p>Your first goal -- should be <i>stating your own exact goal as simply and succinctly as possible</i>.<p>That is, first state the exact goal that you require this mentor for.<p>And state it <i>"as simple as possible -- but not simpler"</i>.<p>You know, to quote Albert Einstein...<p>From the text in your post, I cannot determine <i>exactly</i> what you want to achieve.<p>Do you want more money? If so, how much exactly?<p>Do you want to run a company? If so, what kind of company specifically?<p>Do you want more/better friends? If so, what kind of friends and how many?<p>What goal do you wish for, <i>exactly</i>?<p>The first thing I would do is to <i>define</i> (magical word, "define", it means to describe in detail, and from earlier Latin "de fine" -- "to bound, to limit") <i>exactly</i> what your <i>goal</i> is.<p>From there, you'd determine a pool of possible mentors; candidate mentors -- you'd carefully select at least 20 candidates -- and then you'd try to persuade each one (in order of desirability) that you were worth taking on as someone to be mentored.<p>You'd prepare (on average, statistically) for 18 rejects, one "maybe" and one "yes" (The "Law Of 20" -- I've written about this in an earlier post).<p>You'd go with the person issuing the "yes" vote -- once you received it.<p>But the absolute first thing you want to do -- is to <i>define</i> your goal (in writing), taking great care to be as <i>exact as possible</i> in that writing!<p>Do that, and now you've got the initial stage of a roadmap to find your mentor!<p>Anyway, wishing you great luck in that search!<p>-Peter<p>(Also, you can email me:<p>peter.d.sherman@gmail.com<p>I can help you clarify and refine your goals -- for free!<p>Just reach out and say 'hi'!)
What areas would you like to get better at technically?<p>If you can teach me a bit about business I'd be keen to teach you what I know about Devops ( I work with Kubernetes, GCP and AWS) and infosec.
I found some community platform -> <a href="https://www.mentoring-club.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.mentoring-club.com</a> - let's give it a shot