I don't know enough about the persons skill set or the job he/she was looking to jump into, to say it was a natural transition that was bricked by the company, even if I want to strongly sympathize with that point of view. It probably is possible but it really depends on what they where doing and what they wanted to do. If…
Ok getting serious... Ok you work for one of the most monolithic game studios of all time, Blizzard isn't a nursery and they don't hire saplings. This is like walking into Koticks office and demanding that he create a new studio, install you as head and let you do whatever you want because well you worked in the mail room…
It's cheaper and more effective to educate your staff than it is to hire new people, and I'd argue that it is the responsibility of the company to provide access to materials - by not doing so in this instance they lose the person anyway as they move on to do a job elsewhere; so they still have to make a new hire. It's…
1st you assume thing about my job and the way I see advancement that aren't true. I really like my job, the company is small enough that I can jump around and wear a lot of hats if I want to. Everyone knows everyone else and if someone shows some interest in another department, learning something new, blazing a new trail…