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The downside probably being that an employer paid you during that time of learning and didn't get much work product out of it. Learning for the sake of learnin
by koheripbal 6y ago
The downside probably being that an employer paid you during that time of learning and didn't get much work product out of it.
Learning for the sake of learning is an infinite endeavour.
I try to practice strategic learning - learning skills/frameworks/topics that will have a high likelihood of being used in the course of my current project.
There's just so so much out there... focus is everything.
- jaeming 6y agoI am actually paid by my employer to do 5 hours of training per week. It's required and I am allowed to study anything I want, whether it's a new framework or a self-improvement book. I usually spend that time studying something that I think may be useful or related to my job but I have been encouraged to explore. My employer is a big believer that innovation comes from exploration. As you pointed out, it is an infinite endeavor. I'm okay with that. If I just stuck with the current technologies that were used when I first came in, we'd probably still be using jQuery and .ERB templates. Instead I personally pushed for using new technologies and my team is personally responsible for introducing Vue, Typescript, and GraphQL to our stack among other technologies.