See if some benefits are available - CEO might be amenable. Careers are not summer jobs, they are built year by year, often as the company grows and new niches appear that need paid training. Often paid training has a duty to stay 1-2 years and can be pro-rated because some training = $$$ and they want a degree of permanence. Some people do not know how happy they are - until they are not! Insert shot of Bugs Bunny hammering the point of a 500 pound bomb = CRINGE = Marks bomb DUD - or not...