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Discussion on: How do you keep up to date during leaves of absence?

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Antonio Radovcic

I really don't understand why you feel like your skills wouldn't be up to par after some months away from the field.

I'd use that time to get as far away from tech-news and -trends as possible. Tech is moving fast but not that fast. For me, that free time would better be invested in books, for example. After a while away, you come back with a new perspective and a fresh look on things.

I'm having parental-leave in July again!

(That's just my POV, of course. Not telling anyone what to do šŸ™ƒ)

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selbekk

True true šŸ„° iā€™m doing a lot of non-tech stuff as well, and Iā€™m definitely enjoying taking some time off from everything and just focusing on playing with my son or other hobbies.