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