Is it acceptible to expect mentoring to replace many years experience?

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Published on 2010-05-12T14:40:41Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 14:44 UTC
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Hi all

Just a quick question

Here's my situation:

I've been maintaining, extending and creating websites against a CMS for the last 18 months
In that time I've learnt a LOT more about ASP.Net, javascript, and of course the quirks of the CMS we are using
My manager wants to get others involved, and I'm expected to mentor another programmer whilst they work on production code

Now, I've got no problem mentoring someone and it would be great for me to not be the only one with the skillset. But what I HAVE got a problem with is mentoring someone within an agreed timescale of the piece of work (10 days in this case) AND expected to deliver the product to the same standard.

I guess what I'm getting at is: 18 months experience != a few days mentoring, not to mention the level of C#/.Net/ASP.Net/Javascript required may also not be up to scratch.

Am I right to think this is a little, wrong?

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