> Why exactly should I want to do it? Because you're a professional, and part of that means doing things to help your team succeed. > They are going to think

> Why exactly should I want to do it? Because you're a professional, and part of that means doing things to help your team succeed. > They are going to think beyond the current job, because if they won't, nobody else will. This is also right, and a good thing to hold in the other hand. Reconciling these two forces needs a healthy org that allows employees to grow, along with a recognition that sometimes the forces conflict, and sometimes they don't. All we can do is play the cards we're dealt in the best way. If you really want to learn new tech, that's what the off hours are for. I say this as someone who has a lot of things that intrude into those hours. I'm (slowly) learning frontend after being a backend/compiler dev for a long time. It's...not easy, but I like it!