I was in a similar position for years. Paying for weekly session with someone can start you off, but its difficult.
Filtering for people who are:
- good engineers
- enjoy helping people
- are good at helping people
- have the time to help people
- are mature enough to appreciate the self development value of mentoring someone else (its a great way to discover ones own weaknesses)
Leaves you with a very small pool of people. My advice is to consider people in areas that might not fit your mental image of what a mentor looks like, so someone younger than you for example.
Filtering for people who are: - good engineers - enjoy helping people - are good at helping people - have the time to help people - are mature enough to appreciate the self development value of mentoring someone else (its a great way to discover ones own weaknesses)
Leaves you with a very small pool of people. My advice is to consider people in areas that might not fit your mental image of what a mentor looks like, so someone younger than you for example.