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Would you like to make additional money when you learn stuff at work?

by Maciej Brzeziński

I know there is quite a few developers, and some founders that work with developers, great I've got question to you all

I was trying to think about problems that I've got in my everyday life, and one of them was that I could be much better developer if I had some sort of learning habit in my life. Unfortunately I'm too lazy to deep dive into some technical topics after work with joy

I'm thinking about service, that will help and motivate employees to learn new things by paying them additional money (employer is paying)

employee's panel

Let's say there are some topics that the employee can/should learn. Topics could be provided by team members, the employee or some manager, doesn't matter. He will make notes about each topic, and these notes will have to be reviewed by the rest of the team. If reviewers rejected the notes -> the employee has to correct that, if it was accepted, he gains money (not sure if it could per hour of learning or per topic)

3 core things:

  • learning goals
  • notes
  • review

Tomorrow i will ask my boss what he thinks

Maciej Brzeziński's avatarMaciej Brzeziński
on May 22, 2022
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    Hi Maciej
    Interesting value prop and its great that you are scratching your own itch.

    I have a couple of questions:

    1. Is this a big enough problem for a manager to pay money for? It seems like you could/should be doing learning on the job. I think most employers do want to see people progress but don't know how to do so. And that comes to a planning problem as opposed to anything else imo. And evidence of learning usually results in higher appraisal scores and pay rises. (Well that's how it usually works in New Zealand — where I am from)
    2. Is writing out notes enough to actually learn something? For me it is actually participating in the new experience. There is a lot of research to suggest reading and writing notes is actually a really weak form of learning. Can link resources if you like.
    3. While I was a manager, I would spend time with my colleagues to unpack what they have learnt and have discussions about it. Didn't really cross my mind to pay them for each piece of learning. Might be a cultural thing though.

    All the best for your conversation with your boss! :)

    Vivek_thoughtfulnet's avatar Vivek_thoughtfulnet
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      Hi!

      Thanks for reply!

      1. Don't know yet. From my experience in Poland, employers want you to grow, but they are not helping. And with the process I described, it seems to be win-win situation. Employer gains an expert with relatively small cost, employee earns some money, probably raised salary and a lot of knowledge. I'm going to find some entrepreneurs and ask them if they are keen to pay
      2. In my case it was working, and it was my first idea. For sure this part can be improved, so please send the materials, thanks :)
      3. Main goal was to motivate an employee to learn more, and money seems to be a good motivator. Maybe even the fact, that he just learnt new thing would be enough, worth to check
      Maciej Brzeziński's avatar Maciej Brzeziński
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