Continuing on with this train of thought, I agree with you. I'm not a programmer but I once had to learn how to use networking software for real world implement

Continuing on with this train of thought, I agree with you. I'm not a programmer but I once had to learn how to use networking software for real world implementations, things like mailservers, firewalls etc etc. I did a fair bit of JIT but finally got hold of some courses for each piece of software. The bump in my knowledge and understanding was raised by a few orders of magnitude that almost 15 years later has still stuck with me. It's about funding the right expert as you say. The right person is invaluable.