Albeit not a programmer (but very much in professional IT), I find I "become better" not by learning a new technology, but by learning things tangential (or eve

Albeit not a programmer (but very much in professional IT), I find I "become better" not by learning a new technology, but by learning things tangential (or even totally unrelated) to what I do ... because it gives me new ideas / ways of looking at a problem / perspectives on what I do