Guys like PeeWee need to tick all the boxes on some bid, go "Do we have anyone who knows [whatever tool]? No? Quick, send some guys to take a course in it!"
Bunch of devs get sent to take a course in [whatever tool], bid falls through anyway, [whatever tool] isn't heard about -- at least not by those particular devs -- for a year or five. Now you have a bunch of devs who "know" [whatever tool] to the extent of having taken a course in it years ago, zero practical experience of using it for real --> actually don't know it at all any more.
I have a few of those in my resumé. (Guess I oughta take 'em out of it.)
Bunch of devs get sent to take a course in [whatever tool], bid falls through anyway, [whatever tool] isn't heard about -- at least not by those particular devs -- for a year or five. Now you have a bunch of devs who "know" [whatever tool] to the extent of having taken a course in it years ago, zero practical experience of using it for real --> actually don't know it at all any more.
I have a few of those in my resumé. (Guess I oughta take 'em out of it.)