> Unfortunately, it is now fashionable for medium-sized businesses to be over-run with project management types that hold everyone nose to the "deliverables" gr

> Unfortunately, it is now fashionable for medium-sized businesses to be over-run with project management types that hold everyone nose to the "deliverables" grindstone and enforce performance measures that are hostile to anyone who needs to pick up new skills on job and anyone that deigns to mentor colleagues (god forbid, they slip on a trite deliverable because they were cultivating the next generation of grindstone-licker). Wow, I'm so glad that I am part of a company culture that values mentorship and teaching younger employees. Since joining in August last year I have spent a large proportion of my time both mentoring and pair programming. Our team of 8 developers is fairly junior with 3 graduating last year and one this year. It's been great to see last year's graduates grow to become very independently productive members of the team, and I like to think that they would not have grown as much without my support and trust.