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How to Find a Mentor Outside Your Industry
In Episode 83 of The Career Mentor Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a question that comes up often in listener mail: how do you find a mentor when you want someone from a completely different field? They walk through the concrete case of a marketing manager who wanted a mentor in product management at a fintech company. Lucas shares a three-step approach—targeting the right person, crafting a low-friction ask, and building the relationship without industry shorthand. Luna pushes back on whether cold LinkedIn messages ever work and offers a real example from her own network where a software…
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