alt Hacker NewsIt's all so vague. "lack of investment in their skill".
You just spent $250k and 5 years in college learning stuff.
You get hired to do a job for money.
What "investment" do you expect company to do?
Give me number of weeks and amount of dollars per year and tell me how it stacks against $250k and 5 years that you just spent?
If you want to learn on the job, shouldn't YOU be paying the company for teaching you, like you pay college to teach you?
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This argument falls apart if you consider what field we're talking about. At what point would going to school for 5 years give you the whole education you actually needed? Does learning C in 1995-2000 prepare you for Rust in 2026? No, and it shouldn't, but work needs done, so _yes_ there is a dollar amount of value for educating your workforce that has already been vetted and already knows the context for your business goals. Asking what that number is completely misses the point.
Continuing education is recognized and required in many fields.