You're right, specialization is what makes the economy work. But where do we draw the line? Do we learn something just because it's useful to our carrier? Shoul

You're right, specialization is what makes the economy work. But where do we draw the line? Do we learn something just because it's useful to our carrier? Should we abstain from learning things, because we need to specialize? For example having a working knowledge of lexers and regular expressions could enable someone to write efficient scrapers. Or it could supply one with enough intellectual excitement to keep one's computer skills alive. I am in law school, will be graduating next year. From an economic perspective, all my computer knowledge is moot. But I can't let computers go, much of my identity is built upon my ability to work these machines. It's true: > There is obviously too much in the world to learn and I would say even to much in the field of computer science than for any one person to know it all. However that is not a bad thing, computers provide enough excitement to pass the hours, make you feel smart and give you a sense of connection to a whole community of like-minded tinkerers.