After 20 years in this industry + years of schooling before it: I only learn what I need. There's lots of tech that I haven't learned that didn't stand the test of time. Who even remembers MooTools now, for instance, let alone use it? For most tech you can safely assume it won't be around a few years later so knowing or not knowing it won't affect anything. For tech that sticks around, you have plenty of time to learn it.
I didn't think Java would last at all but haven't felt harmed by never learning it even 20 years later.
Interesting how u said that not having learnt Java didn't harm you. When I was looking at the job market recently, a lot of jobs asked for Java capabilities. But I understand that the many ideas in Java aren't new, just done in different ways
The difficult part currently for me is figuring out which technologies have the potential to be a mainstay for the next couple of years
Thanks!
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After 20 years in this industry + years of schooling before it: I only learn what I need. There's lots of tech that I haven't learned that didn't stand the test of time. Who even remembers MooTools now, for instance, let alone use it? For most tech you can safely assume it won't be around a few years later so knowing or not knowing it won't affect anything. For tech that sticks around, you have plenty of time to learn it.
I didn't think Java would last at all but haven't felt harmed by never learning it even 20 years later.
Interesting how u said that not having learnt Java didn't harm you. When I was looking at the job market recently, a lot of jobs asked for Java capabilities. But I understand that the many ideas in Java aren't new, just done in different ways
The difficult part currently for me is figuring out which technologies have the potential to be a mainstay for the next couple of years
Thanks!