“Professional development is just Stockholm syndrome training — learning to love the system exploiting you”
Agree
- Companies profit from your self-improvement investments
- Skills mostly benefit your employer first
- Growth narrative masks wage stagnation
- You're optimizing yourself for exploitation
Disagree
- Skills and knowledge have intrinsic value
- Personal growth benefits you across contexts
- Competence creates actual autonomy and options
- Learning is fulfilling regardless of who benefits
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