MENTORING

1. Harvard's CS50

In January 2021 I had the opportunity to volunteer as a mentor in a few Python live seminars organized by the CS50 staff at Harvard University. This was a very unique experience as I did it in real-time when those seminars took place.

I had to be quick in catching questions from the students and answering them as there were a lot of students all around the world attending. It was quite an adrenaline rush! Everyone should get out of their comfort zone every once in a while and take on new challenges.

The heart and soul of the CS50 course is Harvard's very own professor David J. Malan. His teaching style is genuinely captivating. I would advise any beginner (and not only) to take Harvard's CS50 courses.

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2. Treehouse

My journey in tech got started at Treehouse with Python. They had a genuinely supportive online community there where I myself sought for assistance and I also gave advice to other students. Overall I helped out a bit over 50 students. It felt so rewarding to get positive feedback from the students I helped!

Here are some examples of my answers to questions students asked at the Treehouse Community (Python):

  • 1 - id() in Python -
  • 2 - string vs int -
  • 3 - calling a function -
  • 4 - OrderedDict -
  • 5 - startswith() string method -
  • 6 - string formatting -
  • 7 - raise an exception -
  • 8 - sum() -
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3. My Mentees

I have 3 awesome students (mentees) to mentor. Two of them are from Denmark and one is from Germany. I was reached out by them on Twitter (currently known as X) and as I have experience mentoring students new to coding before, I was happy to jump on this opportunity.

Mentoring is definitely something that I hold close to my heart and it is a two-way street since mentees help the mentor to keep their skills sharp and up-to-date.

My awesome mentees are all career shifters, and as I transitioned into tech from a whole other field myself I can relate to them quite significantly. So this alone was a great starting platform for us.

My mission is to help my mentees make their landing into the tech world as smooth as possible. I help them with their studies and coding assignments, also giving them code reviews. We have our own dedicated Discord channel and we also hold virtual meetings whenever needed.

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