I have sth similar. Only noticed after I've seen how my wife learns. She does it depth-first (won't move to another subject till she knows every little detail f

I have sth similar. Only noticed after I've seen how my wife learns. She does it depth-first (won't move to another subject till she knows every little detail from the first subject), I learn breadth-first (a little of everything, skimming the books, then I try to do sth and look up the details as needed). I think for IT breadth-first is better at the beggining, but you can stay half-competent for too long if you never bother to look up the detais that weren't needed so far (my main problem).