The phasing out of on-the-job training is an atrocity, IMO, especially since what tends to replace it is training at a university, which ought (imo) be a place where people can get some education that isn&#x27;t oriented primarily toward making them better workers.<p>It&#x27;s especially ironic since often the university is a public institution, and the tech world (and the business world generally) tends to be so down on the public sphere and are big boosters of private enterprise. But they&#x27;re not above taking a giant, giant handout in the form of <i>worker training</i> and then pissing and moaning when they think it isn&#x27;t coming fast enough.