I didn't have a proper mentor for most of my career. I want to be the mentor I didn't have. My major goal is to Unblock and Unlock. Read the link to know what I mean by unlock and unblock.

Irrespective of what stage you are in you can mentor somebody. If you have ten years experience in software industry then mentor senior devs. If you are a senior dev them mentor a junior dev. If you are junior dev mentor a fresher. If you are a fresher mentor a final year graduate. If you are a final year graduate mentor the first years. If you are first year student then mentor the PU students.

For India to become a Super Power and become a Product First Nation we need an upskilling of huge scale. That is possible only when we chant the way we work and we learn. Education is too important to just leave it in the hands of the schools, colleges, governments and education.

You can be that change. Find those two people you can mentor. It doesn't matter how much bandwidth you have. If you can spend only five minutes do that. But inspire them. Tell them that you trust them. Tell them that they have got potential.

These are the two people who you think can change the world with you. Be invested in their success. Give them thumb rules. Give them money if that is what is blocking. If you can't reach out to me. Lets see what we can do.

I have found my two people whom I am mentoring. I am documenting the whole process so that you can use it as a template for your mentoring.

If you don't have time to mentor them on a regular basis ask them to join our discord server. We have around 15 like minded people who can mentor. https://discord.com/invite/Qzf8ufwbbk

If they have other interests ask them to join one of the servers on https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1duj1oSsOv5tRci9IY_rAkG2RsIrCkzQ3ewRi8FLpMjY/edit#gid=0

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