Most difficult when you work for a company that offers tuition reimbursement, and even has their own learning portal, but refuses to offer any time off for education regardless if the skill is directly related to your job. My employer has specifically stated that education has to be completed on your own time and not company time - and they will not allow attendance to any industry conference regardless if it's free or not unless you take vacation time to attend and pay for all expense out of pocket (so you're basically going on your own). Management tries to say they will pay for things if there is a "business justification" but in practice it never, and will never, happen. Just one of the reasons I'm looking elsewhere.