Our profession is likely doomed not because we don't train people, but by the lack of demand
From a different one of your posts
So you're the one dooming the profession. Nice work, thank you!
And the developers we need do not jump through the career progression of Junior to senior.
Why the f** would I keep investing in a profession I think is dead or seriously contracting?
I think it would be more depressing taking in exited junior developers, spending years of their life not believing that they are growing into any real career.
> ... the start of their careers
It is exactly this assumption I am challenging.
What comes next, I don't know - and I am not trying to kid myself or any others that I am well suited as a mentor for person starting out their career in the current environment.