The mentors you have most likely heard about are the ones found in the corporate world. Here's out it works. Top management identifies an up and comer in the organization who has the potential to join its ranks within a few years, so it assigns one of its members to serve as a mentor for this rising star.
IOW, it's part of the senior executive's responsibilities to act as a mentor when asked to do so.
About the only other examples of mentoring you will find is where someone has a vested interested in the newbie. Maybe the kid is a relative?
It's next to impossible to find a complete stranger to serve as your mentor for free. Why? People are just too busy to continuosly slow down and explain things to a rookie.
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