[the_af]

Absolutely. I made all the usual mistakes, and had to be mentored and learn from more experienced programmers.

(Alas! Sometimes you pick up bad habits from experienced people, and being a junior, you don't know better)

[throwaway2037]

You raise a great point in your reply. At some point, as a junior, you begin to develop your own personal software philosophy and break-away from your seniors/mentors.