What is your time horizon for learning new things in this field?
For those of you who don’t just clock in and clock out (of which I know there are many of you so don’t feel the need to virtue signal, you’re acknowledged) how far out are you looking in terms of learning new material?
Do you optimize for what will be most useful right now, 1 year out, 3 years out, 10 years out? I find myself wondering if I should really be keeping up with the latest ai tools being put out since they become replaced/ old news so quickly. But something that has better long term staying power, like learning operating systems, or mid term staying power (like learning a new language) don’t provide immediate benefits.
So I keep wondering to myself, with the limited time I do have to learn more things, how far out should I be looking to optimize for?
Would love to hear others’ thoughts on this.