You may not be in a minority. The question is whether having the majority of software engineers learning their profession in a vacuum is best for the profession

You may not be in a minority. The question is whether having the majority of software engineers learning their profession in a vacuum is best for the profession or not. Physicians have mentors. Attorneys have mentors. Doctoral students of all stripes have mentors. Why don't software engineers? The notion that software engineers are all supposed to be autodidacts is very odd, I think.