automate bits of your jobs with scripts. use different languages when bash, python, etc get old. perl and then lisps and whatever. exposure and experience with

automate bits of your jobs with scripts. use different languages when bash, python, etc get old. perl and then lisps and whatever. exposure and experience with different tools is all to the good. in spare time, fiddle with games and silly graphics hacks that have no purpose other than pretty and fun. "always learning" and its amazing what comes in handy in contexts you never thought it would.