[whiddershins]

My current company does tons of training. The devs are trained in project management, team building, project leading.

Individual team members suggest trainings on a topic, and if enough people are interested they schedule a time and do it. We have book clubs, and regular developer discussion group. All of this is encouraged and on company time.

There are also more extensive multi day trainings and certifications I haven’t been part of.

We also have a monthly training stipend which accumulates.

Etc.

[flavianh]

I assume some of the skills you're trained on are technical too. Your organization sounds like it does a lot to develop engineers, do you think it's paying off regarding competition or other tech companies?

[whiddershins]

Well, for one thing it allows a flatter organization, which makes for (imo) a really great quality of life.

[dolmen]

So how do you use that training stipend?

[whiddershins]

I haven’t used it much yet, so I’m not sure. Books, courses.

[hanselot]

If my company wants me to be a project manager, team builder of project leader, they should have hired me to be those things.