By "independently" I just mean that you will learn faster and earn more per hour if you work a normal job and learn on the side than spending the same time lear

By "independently" I just mean that you will learn faster and earn more per hour if you work a normal job and learn on the side than spending the same time learning on the job. All jobs require some learning and adaptation, so the marginal increasing in learning for a job that e.g. allows you to pull a technical book off the bookshelf and read if you don't have a task assigned is pretty low. Sounds good on paper, but they'll pay you a lot less for pretty little benefit.