Now is a great time to learn it, because there's nothing huge on the horizon that will make your life easier or harder. I started learning just as the async/aw

Now is a great time to learn it, because there's nothing huge on the horizon that will make your life easier or harder. I started learning just as the async/await and futures features started causing churn and confusion in the ecosystem - it was slightly irritating at the time, but in hindsight, I'm still glad I started learning then.