The best way to learn is have skin in the game. Doing something yourself will force you to do what actually works. So it seems your current professional employm

The best way to learn is have skin in the game. Doing something yourself will force you to do what actually works. So it seems your current professional employment is excellent in that regard. Formal study seems to work best after real experience. I read Martin Kleppmann's Designing Data-Intensive Applications based on its inclusion in teachyourselfcs.com.[0] I did not find it useful because I had nothing to apply it to once I finished. However I don't think this will apply to you as it seems you already have some problems in mind to consider. [0] https://teachyourselfcs.com/#distributed-systems https://teachyourselfcs.com/#distributed-systems