Re:Ask HN: Recommendation for the mom of a near-college-aged...
by b0tch7 on Sunday May 01, 2022 @12:50AM
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^^best answer in this thread. Use your network to find good trusted mentor(s): ideally someone closer to your age (quite senior) and someone closer to her age (recent college grad, a few years into their career).
your role can be more about supporting her curiosity and ensuring she doesn't over-index on any one piece of advice.
ps: glad you're asking this question. i shoe-horned myself into a finance role bc that's what my dad did and i lacked awareness to wonder what i wanted to do
My personal 2c is at that age super high level advice on "how to learn" is going to be more useful than "what programming language is best". A lot can change in 4 years and it's better to set your daughter up to succeed at building a solid base of knowledge that will be adaptable to whatever trend is popular 4 years, or even a decade out, rather than take even an extremely well informed person's guess as gospel.