Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I think in a lot of careers, but particularly in tech, there's a sort of pressure to keep up to date with new developments.
I see this impact newer devs particularly hard ("How can anyone learn Javascript? There's a new framework every week!") but it's a pressure that I've mostly managed to keep in check.
I like the idea of picking side projects that are related to your main one. I think that's probably a good way to pick up new skills around a comfortable framework of stuff you already know? And then as you say, you might end up learning something that directly improves your day to day.
Small clarification: I've been a dev for seven years, but my current project is "only" the last four.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I think in a lot of careers, but particularly in tech, there's a sort of pressure to keep up to date with new developments.
I see this impact newer devs particularly hard ("How can anyone learn Javascript? There's a new framework every week!") but it's a pressure that I've mostly managed to keep in check.
I like the idea of picking side projects that are related to your main one. I think that's probably a good way to pick up new skills around a comfortable framework of stuff you already know? And then as you say, you might end up learning something that directly improves your day to day.
Small clarification: I've been a dev for seven years, but my current project is "only" the last four.