> Sure, you can learn new technologies but spend one hour a day or less on them. Make sure it’s a hobby and not an addiction
This. I don't think "the Learners Syndrome" is necessarily a bad thing.
My process is usually something along the lines of
-See articles or mentions of some new technology on HN,Reddit,etc.
-Spend a half hour to understand what it's for, what's new about it, what are the pros/cons either via videos or articles.
-If it looks super interesting, work on their tutorial or some intro throwaway project (to do lists being a good example that the author mentions). For me this is very rare. These should take at least an hour and can take multiple hours
-File that technology away and then know that it exists. Usually something like, "Okay, [new technology] exists for solving [X] problem, the next time I need to solve [X] problem, don't forget to evaluate [new technology] as an option."
And with this comment, nothing more need be said on the topic. I don't need to intimately know how most stuff works, I need only know of it's existence and why I might want to use it. If I do need to use it, I can learn about it then.
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This. I don't think "the Learners Syndrome" is necessarily a bad thing.
My process is usually something along the lines of
-See articles or mentions of some new technology on HN,Reddit,etc.
-Spend a half hour to understand what it's for, what's new about it, what are the pros/cons either via videos or articles.
-If it looks super interesting, work on their tutorial or some intro throwaway project (to do lists being a good example that the author mentions). For me this is very rare. These should take at least an hour and can take multiple hours
-File that technology away and then know that it exists. Usually something like, "Okay, [new technology] exists for solving [X] problem, the next time I need to solve [X] problem, don't forget to evaluate [new technology] as an option."
And with this comment, nothing more need be said on the topic. I don't need to intimately know how most stuff works, I need only know of it's existence and why I might want to use it. If I do need to use it, I can learn about it then.
Love it!
Of course, the hacker ecosystem would be out-of-balance without Learners to play Fraggles to CADTs' [1] Doozers. [2]
[1] https://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html
[2] http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Doozers