“Standing on the shoulders of giants” is how I see it about my long line of mentors and after 4 decades in the software industry, I have become a mentor showing newbies how to diagnose legacy codebases

Mentors are essential, and more so today as there is too much information around design patterns, tools, processes, and working with management. A mentor sees trends and has a better handle on the rudder, for themselves and hopefully for these going before them

Seek them out and if they leave you knowing you know less, they have done their job