The problem is, are the companies willing to pay senior rates (or better) for the time spent mentoring. Because right now the seniors are sitting pretty with a

The problem is, are the companies willing to pay senior rates (or better) for the time spent mentoring. Because right now the seniors are sitting pretty with an impaired next generation driving up their market value. If they fix the problem, they sabotage their generation to the benefit of the employers and the next generation ... they should be getting paid top dollar for doing that. It's basically the prisoner's dilemma applied to an entire job market, someone is going to sell out so it may as well be you, but don't sell cheap.