Nurturing healthy team learning cultures has never been more important for engineering leaders.
The average shelf life for tech skills is estimated to be about two and a half years. The things that our engineers learn today about React hooks, AWS Rekognition, or building CI/CD pipelines, for example, will not be the exact things they need to know three years from now. As such, folks in the engineering sphere find themselves on continuous learning curves.
A good learning culture will not only help in this vein but also with dev retention and productivity. Having the permission and encouragement to upskill on the job, during working hours – rather than on evenings and weekends – can increase engineers’ satisfaction and thriving.