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Discussion on: How much does your job dictate what new tools you learn vs self-direction?

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Elizabeth Alcalá

I think I can learn in both ways, but with job-related tasks, I can add to myself a deadline and I'm more productive when I'm under pressure. I'm lucky to have worked in environments where people encourage you to try new things. I have been working with technologies I didn't know before, it's quite challenging but at the end it's satisfactory.

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Ben Halpern

I feel pretty similar. The pressure of the job situation definitely helps hasten/ensure my learning.

Learning off the job and going deep on something out of interest can have a different type of satisfaction though.