Post #2135084
2026-05-06 21:10 UTC
@heroicthehobbyist I am so sorry...
I was mentoring a CS college student a few years ago, and she asked if we could continue after she graduated - I told her I'm happy to be a sounding board and a friend, but I can't in good conscience call myself a mentor anymore because the world I worked in is gone and all the rules I knew for how to succeed no longer apply.
It *shouldn't* be like this. But I honestly think learning a trade may be a safer course than IT until the bubble pops and sanity returns...
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@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-06 21:19
@llorenzin - I kid you not I had a potential mentor say the exact same thing! He gave me so general wisdom and insight but he told me and i quote “The pathways to got me to where I am and where I want to go aren’t around anymore”.
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@jimothy@mas.to 2026-05-07 13:42
@heroicthehobbyist @llorenzin ‘a gold rush is a good time to sell shovels’ is evergreen