>I read this post (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2125742 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2125742) and it got me thinking! I think you've just answere

>I read this post (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2125742 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2125742) and it got me thinking! I think you've just answered your own question in a way. People who learn a lot tend to do a lot of reading. Reading and absorbing, reading and absorbing. It's a process that you repeat ad nauseam (not literally, as most people who read a lot enjoy it). To expand on this, as younata mentioned programming, learning some things also requires a liberal amount of practice. That is especially true with programming and many other tech-related fields.