I found the learning breakdown between exploratory and targeted really helpful!
Personally after working at startups for 7 yrs, 90% of my learning was targeted.
So many of the projects I was working on were new and challenging for me, so I needed to spend a lot of time digging into and leveling up in specific areas.
Sometimes I felt guilty about this seeing so many other engineers spent their weekends working on side projects learning new exploratory skills.
However, I’ve come to see neither way is right/wrong – it’s just different.
And a 90/10 split on targeted vs. exploratory is just fine 😅
Thanks for sharing Luca!
I found the learning breakdown between exploratory and targeted really helpful!
Personally after working at startups for 7 yrs, 90% of my learning was targeted.
So many of the projects I was working on were new and challenging for me, so I needed to spend a lot of time digging into and leveling up in specific areas.
Sometimes I felt guilty about this seeing so many other engineers spent their weekends working on side projects learning new exploratory skills.
However, I’ve come to see neither way is right/wrong – it’s just different.
And a 90/10 split on targeted vs. exploratory is just fine 😅
I agree it's just different! Also, there are just different times in life that require different kinds of split.
I believe that as long as we are aware of where we at (with learning, but with anything, really), chances are we will make the right calls.