Name of contact
"The mentor (or alum) I contacted is Julian Katz" Date of contact
"A While Ago" Outcome (i.e., did you get a response? If not, what is your follow-up plan? Did you meet? When? What was the result?)
Julian, who is a developer in Denver for Aetna, is a close friend of mine. He has been and will continue to mentor me through the program and most likely afterwards. We meet often for lunch and talk about various developer topics: my projects, the tech industry, his job/work, professional development strategies, and coding in general. I also meet up with Julian (outside of just hanging out) to get help on projects or code challenges I'm attempting.
How do you feel like this relationship will benefit you in your longterm professional development?
Julian is someone I trust and not to mention, a badass developer with a lot of knowledge and know-how. We see eye to eye and we understand each other's ways of thinking and understanding. Julian will absolutely continue to be an asset in my developer career and I hope to be one in his sometime in the future.