[thor_molecules]

Yeah the huge time sink aspect is definitely real. It gets much harder to justify when you already working 40+ hrs a week or have kids or whatever.

Going back to the earlier analogy, music has the same problem as programming in that the stuff you do for money doesn't necessarily translate to making you better at your craft. You end up being a factory that just produces the same thing over and over instead of growing in your craft.

I see this a lot at my job currently (I'm guilty of it as well) - speed is usually prioritized over anything else, and so bad patterns end up getting copied and "lifted and shifted" everywhere.

It's hard to find the balance.

[christofosho]

Discord has communities for everything. In the last couple years I've recently taken up learning French and have found that Discord provides conversation on the topic at the same time as practicing the topic. There are servers for everything!

Side note: also a degree in music turned programmer, hi!

[thor_molecules]

Hi! :)