injectJon

With respect to code documentation, I am self-taught, and use thorough documentation because I feel it both reinforces my intent and gives me the experience of describing it to someone else. I get the benefits of teaching, while also sparing my S.O. hours of listening to me rant and rave about things she isn't interested in.

I dont have a mentor, so this has helped tremendously.

Anecdotally, I've had only one professor who excelled in conducting research and teaching concurrently. The rest either disliked teaching or were completely enthralled in their research, and we as students suffered.