I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment that startups should take more time to train their people. Back when I was doing a lot of hiring, I found that post-s

I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment that startups should take more time to train their people. Back when I was doing a lot of hiring, I found that post-startup developers tended to have gotten broader (more technologies and spattering of business/customer skills) than college hires, but had neither better problem-solving skills nor had they improved their core development abilities (estimating, engineering at larger scope, etc.). That's as opposed to veterans from some of the shops with either training or mentoring programs like Google, where someone with even a couple years of experience has far superior fundamentals than a new college grad. Though I hate to reference him, I think it's related to the Gladwell distinction between just hacking up code and dedicated practice with the goal of learning and improvement.