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by mcadenhe 1940 days ago
Thanks for taking a look! A couple have connected their S/O accounts so far. Launched it today so not much action yet.

Do you use codementor as a mentor or as a mentee?

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I use codementor as well, as a mentor primarily. Got a lot of clients through them, including longer-term clients for my consultancy.

Immediate feedback: If you want me to sign up, 75ยข/min is too low, and you do need a mechanism to raise rates. My standard codementor rate is $2.25/min (and goes up to $3/min on some specialized skills).

Feel free to email me if you want some feedback/video chat. I was on hackhands back when it still existed. I'm a sucker for these types of platform. I especially love getting clients looking for actual coaching/mentoring, not just debugging.

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback and the offer!
I've done both, but mostly I use it to speed up the debugging of JS issues.

I'd consider adding a GIF or video of the flow to connect with a dev.

Yea things are always a lot faster when you have someone who can tell you exactly what you don't know.

The main difference with Call a Dev is the lack of friction for the devs who need help, and the devs who need work. You just post your question and if someone can help, you'll get a ping with a link to their S/O profile. If you like what you see, you accept the ping and the call starts.

A video is a good idea, I'm putting one together now.

Good luck!

DevOps is another area you could focus on. A lot of people think it's fun to learn programming, but very few want to learn devops (e.g. why does this work locally, but not on AWS?). People will def pay to solve devops problems quickly (source: I've done it many times).