Yep, agreed. But when you're first starting out you have to make some sacrifices and employers know this.
In IBM's case, they've been burned pretty bad in the past. Gene Amdahl was one of the engineers that designed the IBM 360, the first mainframe. After having a rough go inside IBM's bureaucratic system he left to found the Amdahl Corporation that built hardware compatible mainframe computers. That REALLY pissed IBM off, mainframes are a huge money maker for them and sipping from their own drink was a declaration of war.
I'm not defending their behavior, but IBM really clutches it's pearls. I worked on iSeries hardware (AS/400) among other gear. Even inside IBM and taking IBM classes on the system it was next to impossible to get free-time on OS400 to learn on your own. I got to be friends with the 400 instructors and even then they wouldn't help me learn more than what I was allowed to know about the system. My speculation was they didn't want us field guys getting side work doing stuff for customers that IBM wanted to bill for. Just one of the many reasons I left.
In IBM's case, they've been burned pretty bad in the past. Gene Amdahl was one of the engineers that designed the IBM 360, the first mainframe. After having a rough go inside IBM's bureaucratic system he left to found the Amdahl Corporation that built hardware compatible mainframe computers. That REALLY pissed IBM off, mainframes are a huge money maker for them and sipping from their own drink was a declaration of war.
I'm not defending their behavior, but IBM really clutches it's pearls. I worked on iSeries hardware (AS/400) among other gear. Even inside IBM and taking IBM classes on the system it was next to impossible to get free-time on OS400 to learn on your own. I got to be friends with the 400 instructors and even then they wouldn't help me learn more than what I was allowed to know about the system. My speculation was they didn't want us field guys getting side work doing stuff for customers that IBM wanted to bill for. Just one of the many reasons I left.