Mentor(y), meaning “my mentor” in Arabic, is a non-profit platform connecting Syrian tech leaders worldwide with local talents in Syria. Our mission is to bridge Syria's technology gap by upskilling students, graduates, and professionals through mentorship. We aim to prepare local talents for the future while giving mentors a chance to contribute to Syria’s rebuilding and give back to the community. We want to bring Syrian experience back to its home.

Mentorship is a professional relationship where a more experienced individual (the mentor) provides guidance, advice, and support to someone less experienced (the mentee). It focuses on personal and professional growth, career development, and achieving goals.

Mentors are top Syrian engineers and professionals from around the world. They are passionate about helping the next generation succeed. They have proven track records in leading technology companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, and more. They share their knowledge, skills, and industry insights to guide Syrian young generation on their career and academic journey.

As a Mentee, once you create a profile you will receive an automated email to fill in an application. We ask you a few questions to understand your goals. After approved in the program, we open your access in the system to connect with mentors. You’ll have the opportunity to communicate, schedule sessions, and work on specific challenges with your mentor through messaging and video calls. You and your mentor will make a structured plan for future steps to achieve this goal. Your mentor will guide you through the process.

Mentorship requires active participation and respect for your mentor’s time. Come prepared to engage, ask questions, and apply feedback. Be clear on what you want to achieve through mentorship (e.g., career advice, graduation project help, skill development). Be open to feedback and new ideas from your mentor.

As a mentor, you are expected to provide value in a specific area of expertise and offer insights that guide your mentees. After signing up, you’ll need to complete your profile, highlighting your areas of expertise, education and other details. You will also need to set up your availability by creating session slots. For example, you may choose to be available for 30 minutes a week. Once matched with a mentee, you can respond to their questions, discuss next steps, and guide them through their journey. We will temporality deactivate incomplete profiles.

Improving my interview skills, optimizing my job search, ideas and guidance on my graduation project or switching careers from one job family (like software developer for example) to another job family ( like system architect).

No. While your mentor may have deep technical expertise, asking specific technical questions is not the best use of their time. Instead, focus on leveraging their experience for long-term guidance and career advice, rather than seeking quick answers to short-term questions. Mentorship is about building a meaningful relationship and gaining insights that will help you achieve your long-term goals.

At this point yes. While this program can be expanded to anything. Currently, our focus is to enable young technology engineer as this is the fastest growing industry and the one will be needed, arguably, the most to modernize Syria.