'New skills' can mean more than just stuff in programming! To paraphrase Robert Heinlein, learn to "change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a sh

'New skills' can mean more than just stuff in programming! To paraphrase Robert Heinlein, learn to "change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure..."