> So, in short they want a developer that has skills that no developer is allowed to train. > If you want business oriented developers, you need to change your

> So, in short they want a developer that has skills that no developer is allowed to train. > If you want business oriented developers, you need to change your company's culture. Woah, so true. I'm inclined to say that unless tech leadership (CTO, engineering directors, etc.) specifically work setup training and mentoring programs to help engineers move up the ranks, then any sort of technical career track is just useful fiction for recruiting and nothing more. Likewise, if you want people to take initiative outside of the scope of their current responsibilities, you must provide them slack to do so.