It' a two sided coin working in software development. On the one hand you get buzzed about learning a new skillset. This is always a great feeling, especially when it lands you a new job or pay rise. On the other hand, things can quickly become outdated if you stay doing one thing for a long period. People have lives and nobody wants to do more work after they have finished their day shift, especially if their brains aren't in it. That's not fun nor productive.
After being in my first job for a while and knowing my tasks inside out, I was completely thrown back when the time came to started interviewing again. Dedicating a 10-15 hours a week for a month or two on micro projects, the fun came back into coding which I probably had lost in the monotony of the day job. Interviews were much less intimidating at this point plus I wanted to talk about what I had made. These were just tiny projects, glorified CodePen demo's but it was enough to put myself down the path of learning something new.
As someone else has said, don't judge your learning by the rate that others learn. Do what you can when you can and more importantly, enjoy it.
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It' a two sided coin working in software development. On the one hand you get buzzed about learning a new skillset. This is always a great feeling, especially when it lands you a new job or pay rise. On the other hand, things can quickly become outdated if you stay doing one thing for a long period. People have lives and nobody wants to do more work after they have finished their day shift, especially if their brains aren't in it. That's not fun nor productive.
After being in my first job for a while and knowing my tasks inside out, I was completely thrown back when the time came to started interviewing again. Dedicating a 10-15 hours a week for a month or two on micro projects, the fun came back into coding which I probably had lost in the monotony of the day job. Interviews were much less intimidating at this point plus I wanted to talk about what I had made. These were just tiny projects, glorified CodePen demo's but it was enough to put myself down the path of learning something new.
As someone else has said, don't judge your learning by the rate that others learn. Do what you can when you can and more importantly, enjoy it.