So you are saying we need to figure out first how to make companies not get infected by the latest fad, so people don't think they need to learn the latest fad to get hired? I guess I was simply under the impression that companies only were developing with fad technology because amateur developers were attracted to the fads and kind of forced the companies to develop with them, in which case if developers didn't find them fun then companies wouldn't use them and they wouldn't be a sadly useful way to get hired...
There's a bit of truth to both, imo. There definitely are companies that use new technologies for management or technical management to sound good, and certainly also to attract employees perceived as being into the latest fad.
