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Ask HN: How do you keep your SWE skills sharp outside of work?

4•myanonymousacct•5h ago
For context I am employed as a SWE and I find my job generally enjoyable but I also feel like I’m not learning any new skills and maybe falling behind the industry. I’m not in a position to look for a new job at the moment but I want to do a little something each day to stay sharp.

What is currently worth focusing on for general longevity in this field?

Comments

highhedgehog•3h ago
I generally don't, I have other things to do in life. Family, kids, hobbies etc.

I'd say if you feel stuck and feel like you are not progressing, it might the right time to look for a new challenge?

juneyi•2h ago
I personally started out reading blogs and a few YouTube channels. Eventually got curious about one of the newer languages and started taking an hour or two here and there reading more about it.

That turned into trying out simple hello world programs and eventually I found it started becoming way more interesting than my current job and found a job using it.

A lot of my network often read books and attend conferences so there's that too (not my cup of tea but everyone's got their preferred outlet)

ml-•2h ago
For me it has been cross pollination. Do things that help with all other aspects of being human, and it will pay off in the long run. What that means is highly subjective and personal.

After being in the field for a little while you come to realize that languages are just dialects on the same core, new tech and frameworks are mostly just different wrapping, and that the core tenets and fundamentals that you know will always be there in some form.

What will help you with longevity are things that are not traditionally looked at as SWE skills. Things like empathy for users and other developers, communication skills, being able to iteratively create user value, understanding costs of delays and that perfect is rarely what we want, etc, etc, etc.. Solving logic issues with algorithms is such a minute part of what we do, and the part most likely to be automated at some point.

patatino•1h ago
I read hackernews and sometimes try out a new lib. In the end, you're up and running within a week on most topics if needed.

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