[etjossem]

That's not always the case. Talent doesn't exist in a vacuum.

Someone with a natural talent for picking up new development skills will still learn data engineering far faster when provided with proper resources and strong internal mentorship.

I can see how you might make this observation after observing a poorly conducted training program.

[ThomPete]

The problem is that there aren't that many people with natural talents. They exist but it's very hard to sync them up with where demand is.

Also this is not just one poorly conducted training program. Denmark spent billions up-skilling parts of their work force. The results where simply no there. Something like 6 out of every 1000 person or something like that.