The Underscore Archives

On 4/24/07, Chris Kaminski <chris at setmajer.com> wrote:
>
> Rick Edwards wrote:
>
> > Yeah, like they encourage me to attend TechEd and other worthwhile
> conferences.
> > I've yet to work for a company outside of science that positively
> > encourages its staff to go learn stuff that is outside their everyday
> > sphere (or at least has  management that actively buys into the idea).
> > Time and money are the usual excuses.
>
> If you want to change that, apply at 3Sixty the next time Iwein posts a
> relevant job. In addition to (sort of) regular internal cross-training
> sessions, they gave an annual training allowance and were quite flexible
> about letting me duck out a bit early for industry-related events.
>
> In fact, I believe they won an award from the IPA for their staff
> development.


Ah so you are still alive and lurking then Mr Kaminski, hope all is well!

Laura