The founding, growth, and evolution of businesses are rarely linear and predictable, despite business owners' best intentions. The most successful businesses are the ones that managed to adapt to adverse situations and changing circumstances. Reintech has dealt with its fair share of mistakes and failures but has made it through to the other side stronger than ever.
Training took a long time and a lot of effort. We also realized that many of our developers that we trained would move on to other opportunities within a year or two. Of course, we don't begrudge them this – it was, for many of them, their first job, and for most people their first job is not the only job they'll ever have. Fortunately, we had a number of developers that stayed with us longer, and for those we provided even more opportunities for growth.