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Ask HN: How and when do you upskill yourself?

5 points by chakkepolja ↗ HN
I heard a range of opinions including

* "Upskilling is better done during the job only. Learning stuff should be considered part of job."

But this is not often practical. And we also want to learn skills not related to the job.

* "Upskill yourself during the weekdays, enjoy the weekends."

This is probably quite practical for WFH people. But where I live, commute and office job generally take 8am to 7pm in the day. There won't be much time left.

* "Upskill during weekends."

It's an option, but we all want to have fun during weekends and dedicate time for hobbies as well.

So, young (22-35 yo) engineers on HN, how and when do you upskill yourself? Any techniques?

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paraiuspau
41 years old is also young!
chakkepolja
Yes but I think you have enough experience to be not outcompeted in job market by younger people.
groffee
..which is the real question you should be asking.

How do 'older' engineers stay upto date and avoid being outcompeted by their 'younger' peers.

Not the question you asked which even if you got answers you won't know if they're fundamentally useful till you're older.

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brudgers
If this is about satisfying your curiosity, then recognize that you have decades to pick up the knowledge - though a one eyed man might quickly become king in the land of the blind, deep knowledge takes decades.

When it comes to learning life outside of school doesn't come in semesters with midterms and finals.

On the other hand, if you want a job doing something different, find a job doing something different.

That's harder than things that sound like looking for a job like "I'm learning Kubernetes." But finding a job doing something different can lead to things you've never heard of, and there are orders of magnitude more new things you haven't heard of than that you have.

Good luck.