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0 pointsgiantg23y ago0 comments

Thanks. I have tried talking to her, but the results weren't great. I do try to learn things outside of work. The main problem is if you don't use it, you lose it. Without constant practice it's hard to build and retain skills. I don't even have an hour a day free for that due to work and home responsibilities.

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frostwarrior3y ago

You don't lose it completely, though. And it's easier to relearn and get back on track than to learn it the first time.

I learned C like ten years ago and then I moved on to PHP and then to JavaScript. I'm sure I forgot most of it. But thanks to that, I'm now learning Golang and when it came to pointers it clicked almost instantly.

giantg2OP3y ago

True, the concepts transfer. But for me the concepts are always easy. The implementation/syntax/libraries are harder for me. I know at least I can go back and use prior projects as a guide... if I ever return to that tech. That's probably a big one for me, that I feel like the work ends up being thrown away if i never use it again. Although things like Android development has changed significantly with things like apk to aab, Java in Eclipse to Kotlin in Studio (Jet Brains), etc.

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frostwarrior3y ago

You don't lose it completely, though. And it's easier to relearn and get back on track than to learn it the first time.

giantg2OP3y ago

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