I think steep learning curves are used in two contexts - 1. for example at your job - steep learning curve is good, it means learning / time is high. 2. for e

I think steep learning curves are used in two contexts - 1. for example at your job - steep learning curve is good, it means learning / time is high. 2. for example programming languages - steep learning curve is (possibly) bad, it means learning or aptitude /effort is high - lots of effort to gain aptitude. Somewhat confused by the fact that the reason it's hard is possibly because the final achievement is more useful (but not necessarily - you can have hard-to-learn interfaces/processes, that are just badly designed, so you've only learned to jump silly hoops).