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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by chillacy on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:58PM (#19647301)
Assuming a perfect market (or good enough market), you could just raise the pay for the position and hire someone experienced enough to justify that price rather than grow someone into that role.

Otherwise said, at-will employment doesn't incentivize intensely investing in growing people.

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Re:Great developers are raised, not hired by cookiecaper on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:27PM (#19647626)
The market incentivizes this behavior perfectly well. People are just unwilling to admit the true cost of turnover, mostly for psychological reasons. There's a lot of ego to protect when a colleague says "I'd rather work somewhere else".
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