"We don't really pay for training. Our engineers just learn on the job."

It sounds sensible, even empowering. But scratch beneath the surface and you'll find it's often the root cause of recurring bugs, frustrated engineers, and teams that plateau just when they need to scale.

This talk challenges the comfortable myth that exposure equals expertise, and that motivated engineers will simply figure it out.

Through real examples from engineering teams, we'll explore how "learning on the job" often becomes "struggle alone", creating knowledge silos, uneven skills, and quiet burnout that never shows up on sprint reports.

You'll leave with a clearer understanding of training as system design rather than nice-to-have, practical approaches to building learning into team workflows without derailing delivery, and the business case for why investing in structured learning isn't just good for engineers - it's essential for sustainable growth.

Because great engineers keep learning anyway. Great teams just make it easier.