# awesome-rust-mentors

A curated list of mentors who are interested in helping new contributors get involved in Rust.

### Code of Conduct

All mentors and mentees are expected to abide by the Rust community [code of conduct](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). Violators will be removed from this list.

## New Mentors

To apply, simply open an issue. There is a template set up to help you get started quickly.

### Expectations For Mentors

Work in progress - https://github.com/RustBeginners/awesome-rust-mentors/issues/1

### Expectations For Mentees

Work in progress - https://github.com/RustBeginners/awesome-rust-mentors/issues/11

## Mentors

### Bernardo Meurer ([@lovesegfault](https://github.com/lovesegfault/))
* **Preferred Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@lovesegfault](https://twitter.com/lovesegfault)), Email ([bernardo@standard.ai](mailto://bernardo@standard.ai))
* **Spoken Languages**: Portuguese, _English_
* **Topics**: Beginners, intermediates, video, cameras, data transports, distributed systems
* **Additional Resources**: You can see the [slides of the talk I gave](https://lovesegfault.com/files/rustlab-2019.pdf) this year as a reference on the kind of stuff I work with.

### Bhargav Voleti ([@bIgBV](https://github.com/bIgBV))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@2093bps](https://twitter.com/2093bps))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Hindi
* **Topics**: Beginners, async, distributed systems

### Jane Lusby ([@yaahc](https://github.com/yaahc))
* **Pronouns**: she/her
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@yaahc_](https://twitter.com/yaahc_))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners, community outreach, cargo, clippy, tracing, CLI
* **Aditional Resources**: [My work tracker](https://github.com/yaahc/prs/projects/1), I'm especially happy to mentor any of these issues

### Luca Barbato ([@lu-zero](https://github.com/lu-zero))
* **Contact**: IRC (lu_zero on [freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23rust-av&uio=d4)), Telegram ([lu_zero](https://telegram.me/lu_zero))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, Italian
* **Topics**: Multimedia, cargo, proc-macros, CLI

### Lucio Franco ([@LucioFranco](https://github.com/LucioFranco))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@lucio_d_franco](https://twitter.com/lucio_d_franco))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Italian, French
* **Topics**: Async io, networking, distributed systems, game dev, compilers

### Mara Bos ([@m-ou-se](https://github.com/m-ou-se))
* **Pronouns**: she/her
* **Contact**: Email ([rust@m-ou.se](mailto:rust@m-ou.se)), Twitter ([@m_ou_se](https://twitter.com/m_ou_se)), IRC (M-ou-se on Freenode)
* **Spoken Languages**: English, _Dutch_
* **Topics**: Embedded, CLI, math, proc-macro, Linux, undefined behaviour, FFI, lifetimes

### Nikolai Vazquez ([@nvzqz](https://github.com/nvzqz))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Email ([nikvzqz@gmail.com](mailto:nikvzqz@gmail.com))
* **Spoken Languages**: _English_, Spanish, German
* **Topics**: Learning Rust from nothing or experienced newcomers
* **Additional Resources**: I maintain the Static Assertions crate and so I'd be happy to teach people how it works

### Oli ([@oli-obk](https://github.com/oli-obk))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Zulip ([@oli](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/)), Github ([@oli-obk](https://github.com/oli-obk)), Discord ([oli#1337](https://discordapp.com/invite/rust-lang))
* **Spoken Languages**: _German_, English
* **Topics**: Miri, const eval, error messages and other diagnostics, optimizations, MIR

### Ravi ([@wafflespeanut](https://github.com/wafflespeanut))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@wafflespeanut](https://twitter.com/wafflespeanut))
* **Spoken Languages**: English, *Tamil*
* **Topics**: Beginners, CLI, web, coding practices, clean + maintainable code.
* **Additional Resources**: I'm actively working on [paperclip](https://github.com/wafflespeanut/paperclip), a WIP OpenAPI tooling library. I'd love to give a hand if anyone's interested!

### Shady Khalifa ([@shekohex](https://github.com/shekohex))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@shekohex](https://twitter.com/ShekoHex))
* **Spoken Languages**: _Arabic_, English
* **Topics**: Networking, FFI, CLI, parsers, development tools, web (server-side)

### Søren Mortensen ([@nerosnm](https://github.com/nerosnm))
* **Pronouns**: he/him
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@nerosnm](https://twitter.com/nerosnm)), Email ([soren@neros.dev](mailto:soren@neros.dev))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Beginners/the basics, developer tools, CLI, Rust–Swift/Objective-C interop

### William ([@Firstyear](https://github.com/Firstyear/))
* **Pronouns**: he/him/they/them
* **Contact**: Twitter ([@Erstejahre](https://twitter.com/Erstejahre)), Email ([william@blackhats.net.au](mailto:william@blackhats.net.au))
* **Spoken Languages**: English
* **Topics**: Code review, beginners, C-FFI, concurrency, data structures, security, identity management aka authentication
* **Additional Resources**:
    * [Programming lessons and methods](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/2019/02/26/programming_lessons_and_methods.html)
    * [LDAP guide](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/pages/ldap_guide_part_1_foundations.html)
    * [Using rust generics to enforce db record state](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/2019/04/13/using_rust_generics_to_enforce_db_record_state.html)
    * [CPU atomics and ordering explained](https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/2019/07/16/cpu_atomics_and_orderings_explained.html)


## Additional Resources
* rust-learning - https://github.com/ctjhoa/rust-learning
* awesome-rust - https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#resources