Earlier in my life 70s, 80s, and into 90s, “look for life long learners” was the norm. Larger companies, like HP where I worked, had extensive educational resources available. Sometime around the late 90s things began to change. Companies (HR departments) got lazy and miserly on their approach to hiring and education. HP made huge cuts in funds and personnel supporting education around then. I guess it’s gotten worse.
@wa7iut @abbynormative @LabSpokane I was at HP Labs in Palo Alto in the 80s. They had a private TV network so we could attend Stanford classes at work, and they covered the full cost.
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Also back in the70s/80s HP used to provide access to Stanford classes in Boise and other sites outside of Palo Alto via video tape. We'd watch the course 1 week behind (because they had to ship the video tapes, no internet). In Boise HP played a significant but somewhat hidden role building up UofIdaho and Boise State engineering programs to provide a path for technicians to get a bachelors degree in engineering. Stanford was only Masters.
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I was at HP Labs in 80s, my office was up on Deer Creek Rd. Embarrassed that it's Tesla HQ now.