There is a slack group you can join elixir-lang.slack.com
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dimitarvp
Absolutely seconding Exercism! When I had to duplicate a lot of Enum’s functions I literally spent several days (1-2h a day) until I finally succeeded. It changed the way I was thinking about FP and programming in general and has been of enormous help ever since.
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dimitarvp
As with @justinjunodev, feel free to start GitHub exercise repos, open a feature/bug PR and add me as a reviewer. We can collaborate and I’ll help you with anything that my experience can do for you.
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Maartz
gushonorato
Hey @justinjunodev,
I’m an experienced developer like you (many years working with C/C++, Java, Ruby, etc). Here is the path I followed to learn (and still learn more) Elixir. I think you can make good use if I share my path with you.
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It’s a good start reading all guides available on Elixir’s official website (https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/introduction.html). The guides are straight to the point and will give you a nice idea of the main features of Elixir to complete the next step.
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After that, I recommend you to follow our colleague @qhwa advice. Practice what you learned in official guides using exercism.io. If you prefer, you can also begin in step 2 and try to complete the exercises and study the guides when you are stuck. This is a good way to learn because you create a practical need for what you are reading. Your brain will retain more knowledge. When you complete this step I think you’ll be capable code in Elixir and collaborate to open source projects (or start your own, which would be even a better idea in my opinion).
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Start dive deeper on topics you studied on official guides, reading the great book Elixir in Action. The author does a great job explaining details you won’t see on official guides but necessary to make you a better Elixir developer. I don’t recommend you to start by this book because it’ll slow you down explaining too much details at first. It’s a better strateg,y in my opinion, to know the whole ocean with 1 meter of deep and after explore deeper.
Also, be aways free to ask 
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kodepett
I’ve keen interest in the subject and I would like to be a mentee.
I’ve struggled all through my programming life to find a mentor, one I can seek advise and direction.
I depend mostly on forums and books, sometimes asking the wrong questions etc. Elixirforum has been great I must admit, people ready to assist.
I’ve an application in production backed by Elixir and wished I had a mentor to guide and occasionally do code review.
Occasionally I PM programmers I admire for advise but seldomly get a response and if I do it’s generic like keep on coding.
I’ve bought most of the Elixir books from pragprog and manning.
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justinjunodev
Yeah, I like your really like your approach here. I’m mainly reading the book to get a larger grasp on the bigger picture, BEAM, Erlang, and OTP. As that is really the heart of Elixir and most content I’ve found doesn’t dive deep into these areas. However, I’m sure I’ll reach out in the future with question and appreciate the response. 
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Adsidera
Hello there! I am, too, seeking a mentor for Elixir/Phoenix! I have been working with Ruby and Rails for 3 years, and since one year I’m learning Elixir, although not with a continuous pace. I have been studying so far with books, online courses, reading your forum, but, it is hard for me to assess the real improvement of my study without a) coding reviews b) pair programming/getting mentored by an expert one. If I found a kind soul available as Elixir mentor, I think I’ll be one of the happiest developers out there 
P.S: I’ll try exercism, as you all advise, in the meanwhile
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dimitarvp
Going as far as duplicating part of the Enum module in Exercism will make you understand Elixir and functional programming in general much better.
Did you also go through the official tutorials on elixir-lang.org?
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