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17 pointsgclaramunt3 comments

He talks about wanting 1 senior for 5 juniors, with most firms having a 1 to 16 ratio. Is it really that bad? Or is the OP's definition of senior someone with 20 years experience?

My experience is that mentorship is 1 to 1. (Just like the Sith!) If you're doing a wide pyramid project, perhaps 1 good engineering manager with tech skills can oversee the work of 2 senior programmers and 2 juniors.

Or has my experience been the exception?

Most good professors have more than one PhD student at a time, although I doubt many have 16. 5 is probably a reasonable number.

Fair enough, and that's a good example. The 16 to 1 seems like a stretch too.

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