I think you're misreading the last section: the inquiry to the inside source came after Bryan was looking for another job already and moving on.
I don't think shakycoder left Bryan out to dry so much as he just stopped enabling the habit. Bryan had already written the job off from my understanding.
I do agree that at some point shaky should have confronted Bryan - the unfortunate and disagreeable part of being a mentor is that sometimes you have to be unpleasant and confront people. But I don't think that Bryan lost the job because of the actions of shaky - Bryan lied his way into it and lied his way out of it, and it was just a matter of time until he was found out; if shaky were to have helped, they likely would have taken a credibility hit as well.
I hope the author does learn to spot this behavior much earlier on and confront their pupils, but Bryan made his choices on his own.
I don't think shakycoder left Bryan out to dry so much as he just stopped enabling the habit. Bryan had already written the job off from my understanding.
I do agree that at some point shaky should have confronted Bryan - the unfortunate and disagreeable part of being a mentor is that sometimes you have to be unpleasant and confront people. But I don't think that Bryan lost the job because of the actions of shaky - Bryan lied his way into it and lied his way out of it, and it was just a matter of time until he was found out; if shaky were to have helped, they likely would have taken a credibility hit as well.
I hope the author does learn to spot this behavior much earlier on and confront their pupils, but Bryan made his choices on his own.