What are your views in products like topmate, mentorly etc.
See a number of people putting links for 1:1 consultation through topmate where mentor gets paid for thier 'knowledge'.
Has anyone signed up as a mentor or taken anything through so these mentors.
I’m divided on this , Mentorship should be free but yeah mentor’s time is precious too. So maybe don’t charge too much . I haven’t tried these platforms though but yes mentorship can be helpful if mentor-mentee relationship is compatible .
What is 'too much' in your view @TepidFanny11
Who decides and how to decide. I have been seeing some 2 year Olds putting 5000 INR for a 1 hour call.
5000/hr is definitely too much. I would say anything above 500-1000 per hour is too much..
Paid mentorship is non sense. It like hiring a prostitute to experience married life. Mentorship works best when there is mutual benefit. You help your potential "mentor" first. That "mentor" is happy with you and rewards you with his "mentoring", in turn you help in more. Its best when there is a quid pro quo. A good example is visiting a doctor, if you do not know him and you consulting is thru the "fees" paid. He will treat he symptoms and that's it. Whereas if you are a friend for him, where you can meet him/her at any time/ any place , and The doctor talks to you without expecting fees from you, that treatment will be different. The doctor will look beyond your symptoms, he will really think on figuring out what is ailing you.
These mentors in Topmate as the mentioning equivalent of Fin- influencers. Rembemer that Guy who come when you are watching youtube? he will each you how to make 1cr a year, help you buy your Ferrari? Its him equivalent.
I’m laughing as I see a consultant write this.
Just people trying to make more money at any cost Saw some folks on LinkedIn starting some initiative of free TopMate to help people in need Not sure if it picked up though or not
From topmate? No!
Have I paid for community that gives really good insights? Yes! A lot of money!
Bad idea. The essential idea behind mentorship is to give back and people who are primarily in it for making money end up harming the ecosystem as they try to become much more visible. How do Ankur Warikko and Dev Gadhvi appear on YouTube ?
Hi folks, I'm doing a product teardown on Topmate.io and wanted to understand some things from someone who is either a creator there or has taken a session there.
Lately I’ve started seeing so many topmate posts. Every other guy is giving mentorship by posting topmate links.
Recently i saw topmate post of one of my ex colleagues who used to write shitty code in production.
I wonder what kind of...
I see so many LinkedIn Tech influencers selling mentorships on topmate. While this is certainly not wrong. But some are charging 6k for 30 min or so, which is insane. Usually people under 2 years of exp are falling for this. Funny thing ...
