I think the hip thing to do is just use your spare time to build stuff, and organically learn from building stuff. Self-sufficiency, creativity and generally be

I think the hip thing to do is just use your spare time to build stuff, and organically learn from building stuff. Self-sufficiency, creativity and generally being a self-starter is what's hip. More time spent building translates into an incentive to pickup tricks and relying on yourself to find hip solutions to actual problems.