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What if I spend 100k moving across the country and the company decides to fire me?

The answer is the same.

This is the risk they take in exchange for being able to fire me at will.

Common clause here if you go to a more expensive conference that you won't leave in 1 year or else you repay the costs. Same more or less can apply to learnings.

How would you know what specialized education the next employer needs? Also, that assumes that classes are equivalent to on the job training.

I guess you could get a job in the non-compete window, but only be trained by the next employer while the previous one paid. That seems complicated and silly though.

Companies do often have strings attached to paying for training/certifications/relocation. That doesn't require a non-compete.

Said company should have you sign a contract promising to pay back that $100k if you quit within X years.

I mean, that’s on them right? What these companies want is free market workers without the risk of having to provide a reason to stay at a place.