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if I understand correctly, your daughter will graduate high school, or similar, and start college/university, and you want to be able to provide advice?

to be honest, if you're not already an engineer, or a mathematician, or in general have some sort of expertise that allows you to "mentor" her, then don't even try

unless what you want is simply to be able to hold a conversation and not get completely lost, in which case, learn some of the history of computing, or read some of the "how X works", where X is something specific, like computer sound, or computers, or the internet, etc. you don't need to become an expert to be able to understand the fundamentals, and hold a conversation

for the mentoring, it'd probably be more effective to seek someone else who can take the that role (I'm assuming it'd be something like in engineering)

and it'd probably be better to mentor her in "life stuff", by that I mean things everyone needs, for example, learning how to cook (everyone needs to eat), learning to manage time, learning to balance relationships, hobbies, work, "self care" — like maintaining an exercise routine, arranging dentist/doctor appointments, saving money, and figuring out what to do in life, some people focus so much on grades and getting a degree that they end up feeling lost after graduating

more on the mentoring, I'm not sure I need or would want to speak to my parents about what I study or work on, much less want either of them mentoring me, knowing that the only "got into it" in what might be interpreted as "they wanting to feel superior" (not saying that's what you want), instead of they simply taking an interest if or when I speak with them about what I do

it might have been nice, but I think understanding that different people have different things they like/want, different problems, and simply taking an interest is a better approach, than trying to be in every aspect of someone's life, that's just my thoughts though, you should ask her what she wants you to do

in general advising to create things and tinker is good, by "things" it could be hardware/software or a by-product, or using hardware/software to create other things, for example, if you're into music, you could make a circuit to transmit music, or to amplify some sound in the music

another good way is internships, I'm not sure if there are limits on how many internships one can get/do, I've only done one, but it can be very useful as an indicator of how working in the industry is

also, AI is a meme, and C is never going to die




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