The way to find a tech industry mentor in the industry is to go work in the industry. Keep in mind that professors can also be mentors and a person need not have only one mentor because different people have different areas of expertise and networks and opinions.
For what it is worth, most of the time answers to questions are not a substitute for experience. If I asked you, "What is your school like?" the answer would not give me anywhere near the knowledge of an actual visit and a visit would not give me anywhere near the knowledge of actually enrolling. Knowing something "in your bones" is different from knowing it in your head.
If you really want to find a mentor in the field right now, go out and meet people in the field face to face and be very respectful of their time. Maybe you won't get a mentor in the next year, but you will develop valuable skills that will serve you later when seeking mentors.
For what it is worth, most of the time answers to questions are not a substitute for experience. If I asked you, "What is your school like?" the answer would not give me anywhere near the knowledge of an actual visit and a visit would not give me anywhere near the knowledge of actually enrolling. Knowing something "in your bones" is different from knowing it in your head.
If you really want to find a mentor in the field right now, go out and meet people in the field face to face and be very respectful of their time. Maybe you won't get a mentor in the next year, but you will develop valuable skills that will serve you later when seeking mentors.
Good luck.