> How does a person starting out know which parts of this are relevant and which are not? I think this is why I think that a weathered mentor is a boon to lear

> How does a person starting out know which parts of this are relevant and which are not? I think this is why I think that a weathered mentor is a boon to learning -- they can pick out the learning resources that they've used that are actually good, which saves the mentoree(?) a lot of time. (But then of course I'd say this, I recently became one by accident...)