I don't think your off-topic at all. I think your point speaks to the core of the issue at hand, which is, companies only want to hire folks who have mastered a particular skillset that they only deem important to them at that specific point-in-time.

I don't for one minute think there aren't enough people who can't do "data driven analysis" or whatever it is that companies find important "today". Companies just don't want to invest their time and money in creating that someone who will be able to do the specific thing that they need.

They always seem to think that someone will be "out there" to solve their specific need, and all it takes is a job posting on some job board.

Take a note from the old record label industry, that would have A&R departments, who would take on an individual artist who had merit, and then nurture them to become the world-class musician that makes them a ton of money.