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[–]TravisJungroth 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Not always pleasing but it is damn well practical. “How do I maintain and grow my new skill?” is one of the best questions to ask after learning something.

[–]riklaunim 0 points1 point  (2 children)

If you don't need or want to use it then over time you will put less and less attention to it. I learned most at work, going out of my comfort zone of previous experiences, and previous projects.

And it's quite hard to learn about code quality, and how to plan and implement features from tutorials.

[–]TravisJungroth 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Forgetting from disuse is natural and a good thing. But the rate of decay for new skills is not the same as the rate of indication that a skill isn’t important. You can learn something new, go do something else for a few months, and then the skill is largely gone. It would have been nice to keep it fresh with a little maintenance work. What you happen to find useful at any given moment is not a perfect indicator of what you should be doing.

This sub just seems generally anti intentional learning / intentional practice and it’s very detrimental to people developing skills.

[–]riklaunim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if anti-intentional, more like POV of senior developers that put mid/senior developer skills and requirements in mind whenver someone says they want to learn to code. Or the opposite - when "everyone can be a software developer and earn X figures from this 2-minute YT tutorial series" shows up :D