Perhaps, but I have NEVER heard of somebody getting fired for "up-skilling" while still getting work done.
Suddenly people are picking projects and stacks based on personal aggrandizement rather than professionalism.
Maybe companies should start hiring a chief behavioral (economic?) officer to go with the chief culture officer.
Managers should encourage innovation but control it. I see so many projects where management rejects every kind of change without discussion. Either only losers will stay in that environment or you get this kind of underground projects. If management looked at something more than only deadlines and budgets the whole climate would improve.
But that's what people do when there's no "boss-sanctioned" way to up-skill and learn new things.
I think lots of smart folks get started by cargo-culting an oversized solution/platform onto their sad boring projects, then gradually step into bigger and better things at other employers.
The two-headed monstrosities are a necessary evil to get started for many people.