Mentoree

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  Landing page

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  Features

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  About us

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  Chat with you mentors or mentees

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  Add events to your calendar

Starting or transitioning into a career in tech can be daunting and hard to know where to start. This was the idea behind Mentoree. Mentoree is an application where enthusiasts can reach out to mentors in the tech industry. We began to recognize increasingly the great value a mentorship platform would bring to many individuals, especially those beginning their careers in tech. We are not aware of a platform quite like this that exist. We wanted to provide a number of features to promote growth for everyone involved. Not only can mentees find mentors, but mentors themselves can be mentored, should they so choose.

Since all members of our group have limited coding experience, we chose to have a stronger emphasis on the design aspect of our project. At the beginning, none of us were remotely familiar with Figma and it proved to be quite a steep learning curve. However, as we researched more of the basics of the program and attended the provided Figma workshop, our skills improved. In the end, we were very pleased with how the prototype turned out and the valuable skills we were able to attain. In addition, we also coded some basic functionality in Java and used Java Swing for the UI. Although we all aren’t the most confident coders, we refreshed our familiarity with Java by going through tutorials and of course lots of Google searches. We made use of inheritance for building tabs and used Swing to have a simple but practical user interface even though it is not the most aesthetically pleasing.

We provide a range of features on our platform, ideal for the general community and companies. Profiles are the first thing you create while signing up and personalize the experience while searching for mentors. Finding a mentor has never been easier! Filter through careers, experience, and industries as you search. Once you find someone that suits you, chat one on one to ask questions or set up a meeting. Within companies, Mentoree will provide a sense of interconnectedness, especially useful for large companies and new hires. The calendar gives a place to schedule meetings or inform users about local tech meetups and events. Blog posts allow mentors or companies to create articles. Anyone can ask questions in the forum and both mentors and mentees can reply. This can give useful insight about learning resources, interview tips, and much more.

Additional features we considered but were not able to implement were linking the program with the LinkedIn API to streamline profiles and creating a database to store information about profiles for mentors and mentees. We thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience and hope to see a similar program built in the near future.

Built With

• figma
• java
• swing