Codementor

There's a lot of demand right now for expert-level 1-on-1 code mentoring. Traditional education doesn't come close to providing the skills needed for modern development, and…

I'm a self-taught software engineer and I can say with confidence a product like this is 1000x more valuable for the student. Enforce the mentor's schedule and this could really…

This is awesome. What's funny to me, and this is reflected in the comments here, is that people don't think this kind of service can scale. That is completely wrong.…

Love it. I'm a new, self-teaching programmer and have been thinking how great something like this would be, but assumed it couldn't possibly exist. And for me, I don't really…

This is essentially what I was attempting with http://beginner.org, and we were using Screenhero. The biggest issue I encountered was on the scheduling side; it's difficult to…

I agree with you. Their biggest challenge will be scheduling. Their goals are quite noble but I think they should retract the "instant" promise because if they want to be…

Did you vet for quality/capability? What I'm afraid of in this space is that you're going to have a mix of (a) unaffordable good ones and (b) cheap, less capable people. It…

That's exactly right. The good-citizen effect works against you, because even the most talented developers with the best intentions to help others won't be as committed or…

Is it just me or was it not clear that this would cost money?

You're not alone... where does it say that? If I had known I wouldn't have signed up. But it makes sense from the perspective of attracting mentors, though to some degree I think…

Same. I signed up before I saw this and I probably wouldn't have too. Not one mention of charges on the whole website.

Is there any reason to limit the amount of languages you can get mentored in? I would be interested in using this if it was available for Clojure.

I think you should definitely have things like C, C++, and so on.

I think it would be very useful to have a more detailed language specification. For example I am experienced with JavaScript and Node.js programming but I have no clue how to…

I had the same experience, but my greatest area of expertise is in Haskell.

I really like this idea but I think your categories are confused and confusing. First, I was disappointed to see the lack of a 'design' option. Then I wondered whether you could…

Like the idea! Would be nice to add server admin kinda stuff as an option too, in addition to coding.

I would say machine learning & cloud need more expertise coaching than just programing languages.

Nice. Mentoring on demand. What will your pricing model be?

This is where I wish I knew how far along the product was. Unfortunately we have no way of knowing whether this is just an email sign up page to gauge interest or if the product…

I like the approach that http://airpair.com took, they let the mentors choose their desired rate. They also let the students choose from a list of qualified applicants.

airpair.com is working and we can service you straight away.

I am one of the first users of airpair :) Great service!

In our experience, and with companies that have large teams of teachers training is the most important piece of all this. Pointing out freelancer rates in major cities is also…

Wow - that's great to hear. I'm too embarrassed to put our company's URL in this comment because it'd be too obviously advertising. But man, are we doing exactly what you're…

Take a look at how Dan Martell's clarity.fm handles the scheduling issues. They have a really nice "rule of 3" UI process (it's easier for humans to pick 3 times, or narrow 1 of…

http://pearl.com has a good headstart on this, although I think it's limited by the single question/single answer format.

This is essentially what I was attempting with http://beginner.org, and we were using Screenhero. The biggest issue I encountered was on the scheduling side; it's difficult to…