The impression I got was not that he was inferring that short-termism has infested culture due to the fact that he is no longer able to mentor junior devs. I b

The impression I got was not that he was inferring that short-termism has infested culture due to the fact that he is no longer able to mentor junior devs. I believe he was saying that short-termism (which his belief is everywhere and I assume he has this opinion based on external beliefs not listed here...) is the root cause of this. Not many people hire junior devs anymore. I tend to agree with him, and believe it has a lot to do with the death of "lifers" in business. The quickest way to progress a career nowadays is to jump every few years, and that applies to both management and tech people. If people do this, what incentive is there to properly mentor a junior developer? Train them up for them to get nabbed in a few years? There is not much loyalty in both directions nowadays and that has some genuine downsides.