Didn’t all the junior dev roles get taken by ‘agentic AI’ leaving an entire generation of devs to the mercy of AI mentoring. That’s going to end well.

Historically this protection was the role of a competent project manager (Yeah, they existed, rare, but gold), a senior dev wrote code, a pleasing experience that made the slog uphill (both ways) worthwhile, much like art.

If OP got it from a snr dev, kudos to them both.