Ask HN: Do coding coaches exist? | Hacker News

When I used to play online poker, I had weekly coaching sessions over Skype with a pro who reviewed my play, or talked me through particularly difficult hands, and gave me things to work on. It was incredibly helpful.

I am wondering if any similar thing exists for programmers. I would love to have guidance to improve my programming by someone that is better at it than I am, and be able to get opinions and guidance on my thinking and decisions about particularly complex problems.

I do read a lot, and I have discussions with other programmers, but what I am looking for is something more in depth. I would like a situation where I can get regular, specific feedback.

I haven't heard of such a thing before, and would love to know if there are people out there doing this, or that would be interested in doing this.

Source: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4857854

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