Of course it's not worth spending extra time to learn skills that aren't in demand. This would, by definition, be a dead-end job. If you have a growth mindset like GP, having a dead-end job doesn't mean that "hard work doesn't pay off". It just means that the 'hard work' should go into looking/training/applying for a job/career with more learning opportunities/upside.
> Moving companies can be risky and complicated depending on one's personal and family issues.
"Edge cases exist" is a given. It's still good advice in general.
Of course it's not worth spending extra time to learn skills that aren't in demand. This would, by definition, be a dead-end job. If you have a growth mindset like GP, having a dead-end job doesn't mean that "hard work doesn't pay off". It just means that the 'hard work' should go into looking/training/applying for a job/career with more learning opportunities/upside.
> Moving companies can be risky and complicated depending on one's personal and family issues.
"Edge cases exist" is a given. It's still good advice in general.