Sure, it's different than gaining professional experience. It's more theorical, more foundational, broader. But that doesn't mean you're learning less, let alon

Sure, it's different than gaining professional experience. It's more theorical, more foundational, broader. But that doesn't mean you're learning less, let alone 4 times less on a yearly basis. I've been a CS teacher and I found that it's terribly easy to underestimate how much there is to learn and how much effort that learning takes, when you've internalized a skill yourself a long time ago.