List every rare and valuable skill you've accumulated — it's your currency to negotiate freedom.

Prepare three STAR stories (Situation—Task—Action—Result) that cover 80% of behavioral interview questions.

Compare your skills to a dream job's requirements, identify 3 gaps to close in 90 days.

Do not ask "will you be my mentor?". Ask "30 minutes on one specific question" and repeat in a month if it works.

Instead of "will you be my mentor?", request a specific 30-min meeting around one question.

Help your teen explore his own path, not re-execute the dream you never fulfilled.