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In IT you need to average a few hours per week learning new things just to keep up, since the half life of what you already know is probably about 5 to 10 years
by Merrill 6y ago
In IT you need to average a few hours per week learning new things just to keep up, since the half life of what you already know is probably about 5 to 10 years. Other professionals also need continuing education, such as doctors, veterinarians, and lawyers, but IT probably requires more than other professions.
- burntoutfire 6y agoYou can also learn the new technologies on the job. It requires some active career manenourving and perhaps can't always be done, but I have spent very little amount of time learning outside of work hours in the past 7 years, and am making top rates (and working with latest in-vogue tech).