I took a class in fortran programming for geologist in 1968, then I built a career growing along with the industry as it grew from nothing to this huge affair t

I took a class in fortran programming for geologist in 1968, then I built a career growing along with the industry as it grew from nothing to this huge affair today. The way I did it was not to get ahead of the needs of the current project. New computer? Read the manual. New language? Read the manual. New paradigm? Read the manual. No immediate need? Ignore it. In 65 years the only time I studied something before I needed it was in 1982 when I studied Pascal. Neither you nor I can anticipate the future. Keep alert and quickly seize opportunities. Don't worry about what you don't have an actual need for.