@beardalaxy Why not?
@LoriQuaid I'm sure that's another factor, but this was a thing long before Stan Lee, and not only in Marvel Comics either.
@dickflatteningenthusiast In technical fields there is the concept of "technical debt" that must be repaid, so it's not so easy to simply step into the shoes of a surgeon or mechanic.
As a software engineer, I can use any tool, but those I'm not familiar with will come with technical debt in the form of costly rewriting of code and optimizations at a later date.
But in a supportive environment, with the required knowledge readily available, a competent apprentice will absolutely outperform all the diversity hires in the room within 3 weeks or less.
I've seen it happen many times.
I draw, code, and make memes sometimes.