I think the focus should be on making things. Eventually in making things you'll want to learn a new skill because it's important for what you're making. For in

I think the focus should be on making things. Eventually in making things you'll want to learn a new skill because it's important for what you're making. For instance, maybe that new website needs a logo and so you learn Gimp/Photoshop, or maybe that audio plugin for ProTools requires you to learn C++, so you learn that.