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Is it worth investing in training when the employee might leave in a year for greener pastures as developers commonly do? It's a two way street.

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I would counter with: why do employees leave so frequently? Perhaps it's because of the lack of investment in their growth, and that they are treated like cogs.

I've personally seen two bootstrapped companies locally who invest in college graduates and pay them slightly below competitive wages; they have some of the most loyal employees, and more competition for job openings than they could ever hire.

It's not ideal for every company, for sure, but it does work.

I'd risk a guess: because salary. Some companies may afford paying more and some may not (because of their current growth stage, market they operate on etc). Even if some of them manage to get past the early stages, employee rotation is something worth thinking about.

On the other hand, in most or all of the companies I've been somehow related with, more experienced developers have naturally invested their time in helping juniors learn.

Would you rather have skilled employees who eventually leave, or unskilled employees who do not?

The cost is quite possibly less than giving ~10 technical interviews for every offer extended.

So if the average interview goes 2 rounds.. lets call it 2 hours of dev time. At $100 an hour, you spend $1800 on wasted interviews.

Vs 6 months of training at fulltime pay, would be maybe $70k cost to a company?

Yes, it is far cheaper to interview tough vs train employees (for right or wrong)

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