Looking for a Senior Software Engineer Mentor at Meta
Hello everyone! I recently started my journey as a software engineer at Meta, and I’m eager to continue growing and excelling in my role. To help me navigate this exciting new chapter, I’m looking for a mentor—preferably a senior software engineer at Meta—who can provide guidance, share insights, and help me develop both technically and professionally.
I’m particularly interested in mentorship around:
- Building scalable and impactful solutions.
- Navigating the culture and expectations at Meta.
- Accelerating my growth as a software engineer.
I deeply value mentorship and understand the time commitment it requires, so I’m open to a paid arrangement to ensure the partnership is mutually beneficial.
If you’re interested or know someone who might be, please feel free to reach out or share this post. I would be grateful for any recommendations or advice!
Thank you!
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Discussion
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5 days agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course HeroCongrats on getting into Meta! I think I can save you a lot of money here:
- Get a mentor that is E4, not E5 - Take life and your career 1 step at a time. As an E3, your goal is to get to E4 so just focus on that. A mentor that is 2 levels above might that understand what life is like at your level anymore. The gap between E5 and E3 is vast.
- Convince someone in your team/org to mentor you - It's way better to have a mentor who is familiar with the context of your work. In short, you essentially want something similar to what I did with my many mentees at Meta who I got promoted at light speed, where you are the mentee. Follow the advice here: "How does one attract a sponsor who is invested in their growth?"
- 15 days agoEntry-Level Software Engineer [E3] [OP]Meta
Thank you Alex. I will look into getting a Mentor 1 level above me.
- 05 days agoTech Lead/Manager at Meta, Pinterest, Kosei
You can certainly get a paid mentor coach, but there's also a good chance you can find a great mentor within Meta on your team or an adjacent team: How do I find a proper mentor within my company?
In addition to being free, you'll find that there's an added incentive for a colleague to be a teammate since they also get "credit" on the people dimension of their performance review. They may also have more awareness about the specific projects you're working on.
The downside of an in-house mentor is that you probably can't be fully honest with them about things like a team or company switch.
If you are interested in coaching on Taro, you can fill out this form: https://forms.gle/D7jSTvKwZs67FADR6
- 15 days agoEntry-Level Software Engineer [E3] [OP]Meta
Thank you for your response Rahul. I totally understand, and I have a mentor within my team. I will like to have another mentor I can be completely honest with sometimes. Meta does performance review and I feel if your mentor is within the team, and you’re always completely honest. It can reflect negatively later.
This is why I want to have another mentor.
- 05 days agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
fwiw OP, I was always completely honest with my mentees and they were with me. We both got to really know each other's personal lives, and I invited my 2 closest mentees to my wedding (one of them flew across the country to come). Just because you are on the same team doesn't mean you can't be completely honest - That's more of a function on how much you trust each other and are able to build up the relationship.
It's true that with an external mentor, especially if they're outside the company, the risk is lower as they don't really have anybody to "tattle" to if you badmouth a coworker or something. However, there's a steep trade-off as they lose the context of your work and the overall company culture if they are external. Their advice will be largely high-level, and Taro is pretty good at capturing that already, like with our junior to mid-level course: Grow From Junior To Mid-Level Engineer: L3 To L4
