My direct report is humble and most willing to learn. That doesn't mean they aren't at the end of the day still a very green associate developer with 7 months of experience so far. Any talks about reaching senior developer status any time soon would be a huge disservice to their development. We need to first talk about what being an exceptional associate developer looks like, transitioning to being a mid level developer.
Really good coding/architecture skills or able to collaborate and seek opinion and input from others.
For me as long as people have one or the other I can work with it. I've often been in scenarios with people that aren't good and won't collaborate and THAT'S the hell.
Obviously both is best but the skill set is rare. I'll happily take someone that defers to me and trusts my judgement over the HELL. Its not ideal and doesn't result in the best outcomes but its still workable.
You can't shortcut these things.