[manapause]

mixing paints, crafting your own brushes, and studying the genetic geometries of the human body Will turn some painters into artists.

As somebody else pointed out in this thread, The trick is to refine your training in real situations as quickly as possible. The SRE Padawan isn't there to watch, they are there to grill me as to why certain things aren't in my documentation.

they are there to help me eventually raise up the operational excellence of our team.

With the jr-sre by my side, Refuse to perform a task in a vacuum, or jump into meeting alone....their success is our victory (and probably my vacation.)

I think that this is a great starting point, but there is some fun nuances to teaching how to survive a shitstorm that are so rarely brought up. Communication protocols, database warming, orders of operations.

you can teach these things but until you get them wrong you risk not learning them.

TLDR: good but missing a Kobayashi Maru.