When I first started in IT I was given time for learning and also attended a few courses. This petered out at 40! In my last job (everything I was told at interview was a tissue of lies) neither time nor training. I did not even get refunded for some books I brought to move a project forward. In that time I also self-funded a few courses. Where I am now I have not attended any courses but have been allowed to learn from the internet and books, e.g. had to learn Python.

I recently accepted the financial hit and reduced my hours (is this semi-retirement?) for various reasons. Whist I will still carrying on learning in the IT sector I also want to learn Italian, work on my classic cars and even learn something totally new (but what?)...