[jaaron]

I'm an advocate for when it works, but it takes real commitment and effort. It takes engineers who want to mentor and see it as part of their responsibilities. It takes managers willing to mentor mentors and hold them accountable.

It takes all of that AND it takes the luxury of a company that has the excess in time and money to invest like that. Some companies don't. I've been in both companies that do and don't. When you're running a tight budget, you can't responsibly hire talent that is going to take a year to do a job you need done today.