I'm reminded of a time I was in a bar in Georgia at a conference. It was in the hotel, and a high-ranking editor for the then-reputable Washington Post bought me a beer. He let me take a sip before launching into how much "immature shit [I] need to get out of [my] system" before being ready to be "Post material."

Where is any industry going to be in a decade, when no one's been mentored?