Ask HN: For devs, what activity other than the job most improved your skills?

by wnmurphy on 3/9/2024, 8:06:49 PM with 4 comments
What activities have you found to be the highest leverage for improving technical skill besides solving problems on the actual job?

  • by interbased on 3/10/2024, 2:11:25 AM

    - Reading tech forums for inspiration

    - Explaining projects in layman’s terms to friends helps inspire different ways of solving problems

    - Watching YouTube videos on skills that I want to sharpen

  • by notkaiho on 3/9/2024, 8:56:29 PM

    Teaching others / pair programming where there is a disparity between seniority levels with the participants.

  • by r_sz on 3/9/2024, 8:18:57 PM

    Reading technical stuff.

    - here, at HN

    - lwn

    - even reddit