1. Not going to get much advice if the mid and senior-level employees have all left.
2. "They will have no one around to mentor them or at least to ask for immediate advice." This is a meme most loudly heard in Cathy Merrill's disastrous Op Ed and has no basis in fact. When I sat in an office, a junior sat opposite me behind screen. When they wanted help, they could stand up and ask for help. Now, when they want help, they ping me on slack, and we start a screen share / voice / video chat. I have my own computer, I can find the necessary information using my setup and my tools, and guide them to a solution more quickly.
"Think of the children^H^H^H interns" is propaganda and we should push back on that nonsense whenever it is expressed.
2. "They will have no one around to mentor them or at least to ask for immediate advice." This is a meme most loudly heard in Cathy Merrill's disastrous Op Ed and has no basis in fact. When I sat in an office, a junior sat opposite me behind screen. When they wanted help, they could stand up and ask for help. Now, when they want help, they ping me on slack, and we start a screen share / voice / video chat. I have my own computer, I can find the necessary information using my setup and my tools, and guide them to a solution more quickly.
"Think of the children^H^H^H interns" is propaganda and we should push back on that nonsense whenever it is expressed.