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FarCenter

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13. In technology it takes about 5000 hours to become competent, and half is useless in 5 years.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 07:21 PM
Sep 2013

So you need to put in about 500 hours / year keeping up.

Usually this is outside of the job, unless you skillfully manage job transitions to new tasks that improve your skills. Employers generally aren't willing to pay for expertise that is short lived and makes their employees more valuable to other employers. What they will pay for is training specific to the firm and which is not transferrable to the job market.

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