I work in software supporting a field I knew little about (genetics). After 6 months of coding up tools, going to talks and kinda getting the gist, I started ta

I work in software supporting a field I knew little about (genetics). After 6 months of coding up tools, going to talks and kinda getting the gist, I started taking a couple classes. It really helped my fill in some gaps in my background knowledge and I’d wished I’d done so sooner. So I think both learning methods have their place.