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		opportune on July 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth I have seen employers grossly misunderstand "professional growth" to mean paying for tons of random seminars telling you the basics of being a professional like taking care of your appearance, carrying yourself, setting goals, etc. I don't think they understood that growth == promotions and income advancement. I would have much rather taken home an extra $5k, or get a promotion two months earlier, than waste time sitting through self help seminars

john_moscow on July 23, 2019 [–]

Because the cost per employee of a useless self help seminar would be way below $5K and the HR might even get a kickback.

opportune on July 23, 2019 | [–]

I don’t think so because they also paid for hotels, airfare, food etc for multiple days. But yeah probably a kickback involved

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