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Sorry but employees are not entitled to get paid to learn whatever technology they want during work, in their own special ivory towers. rather different to my
by mellosouls 2y ago
Sorry but employees are not entitled to get paid to learn whatever technology they want during work, in their own special ivory towers.
rather different to my
While they should get wider buy-in first then if the choice is technically justified within reason, its perfectly appropriate
- hu3 2y agoMy point is about this: > No competent dev will accept their skills atrophying due to overly rigid political/tech choices. Competent dev to me is one that delivers value. I say that as a dev but I'm pretty sure stakeholders would agree. It's perfectly reasonable to hone your skills outside of paying hours if you chose to expand to new technology outside of your employer's stack.
- mellosouls 2y agoFairer, but that's probably the point and tone you should have quoted with then. ;) I would probably concede that it depends on context - for devs paid at the top of the market to simply churn stuff out factory-style there is less justification for self-improvement on work time. For the majority though there is always give and take between responsible employees and employers, and building skills as discussed is normal.
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- whatshisface 2y agoYou're not likely to be paid top of the market at a firm whose biggest concern is that you might be more flexible and a faster learner than anyone else they were able to hire.