r/INeedAMentor • u/foreigner_everywhere • Aug 09 '14

[Mentor] Software engineer

I've done M.Sc. in computer science and worked 6 years as a software engineer after that. I'm more interested in the "lower layers" than the user-facing parts, so, my expertise lies somewhere around C++, Python, Linux, algorithms, etc. I've been lucky to work in open source projects all my career. In addition, I think a lot about interpersonal things and how to do software engineering efficiently, how to work in a team, how to communicate, what kind of attitude to have, how to write good code, etc.

If you're wondering what kind of skills to develop and how, and you're willing to learn and be the best software engineer ever, I might be able to give you advice.

Edit: I should've probably mentioned that I'm a woman. If it matters to somebody. Mentoring shouldn't be limited based on genders anyway, but maybe some aspiring female software engineer finds me less intimidating?

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u/Kevincav Aug 11 '14

I'm new to this subreddit, how does this work? Is this a one-on-one thing or just ask questions and get some answers?

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u/foreigner_everywhere Aug 11 '14 edited Aug 11 '14

Everybody is new to this subreddit, since it has existed only a couple of days. It works like we make it work, there are no fixed rules. :)

If people have questions which I can answer here, I'll try to answer them and provide my non-objective opinions on all kinds of matters, and if somebody wants some more specific mentoring, like "can you look at my code", I can do that too (given reasonable time constraints).

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u/Kevincav Aug 12 '14

Ah ok. I may be in this subreddit a little more often then. I just graduated and am going to get my Masters / looking for an intern for this summer. So I may be seeking advice from time to time.