> Instead, I started to listen to podcasts while I worked (mostly writing code), OK, this is making me feel seriously snobbish. Dude, get a more interesting j

> Instead, I started to listen to podcasts while I worked (mostly writing code), OK, this is making me feel seriously snobbish. Dude, get a more interesting job! This is not how writing software is supposed to be. You absolutely should not be able to learn from a podcast while designing/implementing/testing software. There might be a few exceptions: e.g. tweaking CSS colors. But seriously, get a real software job -- you might find that you actually enjoy it.