> But I still personally feel flat when the knowledge gains associated with a Spike aren't as frequent. How have other developers and math-types dealt with that

> But I still personally feel flat when the knowledge gains associated with a Spike aren't as frequent. How have other developers and math-types dealt with that disappointing feeling of a plateau? Besides just changing jobs entirely, I mean. I'm not entirely sure if I understand you, but it sounds like we are thinking about the same thing. I've started a job working with C# about 8 months ago. It is a comfortable language to work with. But this job, it's problems (the ones we solve) and C# haven't really exposed me to anything new, which leaves me feeling unfulfilled. Is that what you are talking about?