He knows how the world works. Compare the teenager to the adult. The more time you spend talking to your peers, the more you are like them. The more time you spend talking to adults, the more you are like an adult. Adults can accomplish a whole lot more.
Adults can actually make things happen.
Therefore, logic would indicate that you should be talking to adults if success is your goal. One reason is because you are a teenager. Birds of a feather flock together, and all that. Another reason is because you understand teenagers and are comfortable with them. The reason you are comfortable with teenagers is because you talk to them all day.