In my OP, I just meant that if the applicant gets in, they can teach. Too many applicants doesn’t necessarily indicate that the field is oversubscribed, it just means that there’s a mentorship bottleneck. One possible reason is that senior people in the field simply enjoy direct work more than teaching and choose not to focus on it. Insofar as that’s the case, candidates are especially suitable if they’re willing to focus more on providing mentorship if they get in and a bottleneck remains by the time they become senior.
Thanks for the feedback, it helps me understand that my original post may not have been as clear as I thought.
In my OP, I just meant that if the applicant gets in, they can teach. Too many applicants doesn’t necessarily indicate that the field is oversubscribed, it just means that there’s a mentorship bottleneck. One possible reason is that senior people in the field simply enjoy direct work more than teaching and choose not to focus on it. Insofar as that’s the case, candidates are especially suitable if they’re willing to focus more on providing mentorship if they get in and a bottleneck remains by the time they become senior.
Thanks for the feedback, it helps me understand that my original post may not have been as clear as I thought.