Couldn&#x27;t hurt, don&#x27;t get me wrong, but it doesn&#x27;t really solve the problem.<p>The author was poor, but appeared to have a positive, if difficult home life. Mentoring would have helped the knowledge problem, but his problem was lack of resource above everything else.<p>Lack of resource leads to instability, and it taints literally everything you do, even mentally.<p>I know, I know, don&#x27;t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It&#x27;s not me you have to convince.