Why I Mentor Junior Developers: Growing the Next Generation of Tech Talent

The Mentoring Gap in Tech The technology industry has a well-documented pipeline problem. We talk endlessly about hiring, about talent shortages, about the difficulty of finding "senior" engineers. What we talk about far less is the systematic failure to develop the talent we already have. This gap is especially acute in emerging markets. In Lagos, where I began my career, the demand for experienced software engineers far outstrips supply. Boot camps and university programmes produce developers