Quite a number of people in DH work as single programmers without a development team. Additionally, many people doing coding related work in DH don’t have a formal computer science degree but are self-taught or taught on the job. In such a situation, it can be challenging to get guidance and support in all phases of a project. Thus, the idea formed to develop a technical mentoring program that provides mentees with a technical mentor who can answer questions and can offer guidance on, for example, design and infrastructure questions. Such a program would not be a replacement for training or workshops that teach specific skills, but could support people doing technical work in DH by providing a means to have low frequency but high quality conversations with experienced research software developers. For more information please check out this blog post: https://dh-tech.github.io/mentorship-survey.

This survey intends to gauge the interest of the community for such a program. It is just an indication of interest. You would not commit to anything. There will be a separate sign up process if there is enough interest in the community.

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