True, there may be some cases, but I don't think the technologies were the root of the problem here, or the company, I suspect a mix of:
he/she didn't evaluated properly his/her value on the market (get a job similar with the "expert in tech X" or get a raise). Usually happens because devs don't go to interviews until it's too late.
he/she is stubborn, too attached (or from other reasons); knows that it's underpaid and still remain there
"tech X" has too few specialized positions left (Cobol or jQuery?! :)) ), so it cannot move to a better paying jobs (they are all taken) and she/he doesn't want to move to a new technology
It is an issue, but it's the developers issue that can be easily solved (in most of the cases). Even if the geographic or other conditions don't allow an easy fix (too few jobs in the area), maybe he/she can work remote or go freelancing. Being the devils advocate here, but (most of us) live in capitalism, it's not the company fault (that wants to make more profit) it's the ppl that accept the conditions (and losing money by not doing anything).
I have former colleagues that have this issue, they know it but don't do anything to fix it. In the end I blame it on the human side of us, we are too reluctant to change, and the industry is changing too fast, faster than we can change ... and some of us got tired of learning new ways every 6 months (damn you web).
PS: I'm all in in creation of syndicates, that would fight in our benefit on these matters with the companies.
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True, there may be some cases, but I don't think the technologies were the root of the problem here, or the company, I suspect a mix of:
It is an issue, but it's the developers issue that can be easily solved (in most of the cases). Even if the geographic or other conditions don't allow an easy fix (too few jobs in the area), maybe he/she can work remote or go freelancing. Being the devils advocate here, but (most of us) live in capitalism, it's not the company fault (that wants to make more profit) it's the ppl that accept the conditions (and losing money by not doing anything).
I have former colleagues that have this issue, they know it but don't do anything to fix it. In the end I blame it on the human side of us, we are too reluctant to change, and the industry is changing too fast, faster than we can change ... and some of us got tired of learning new ways every 6 months (damn you web).
PS: I'm all in in creation of syndicates, that would fight in our benefit on these matters with the companies.