I prefer "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him"
This sounds so much like me. I also fell into software in a roundabout way like the author. But while trying to figure out how to do my work I get to hear so many acronyms that I have to follow that I often get lost. There is a fine line between learning and wasting time which I haven't figure out yet.
It was a powerful time when I could pull up Notepad++ and start hacking away a CRUD app in PHP and be confident it would run with minimal rework and minimal reference outside of typing php.net/<function_name>
It’s fun to learn new things and imagine all you could do. But you don’t learn how to use it. Your practical skills aren’t keeping up.
Eventually, you look around and realize you haven’t done anything with what you know. And that can feel hollow to some people.
It helps to step back sometimes and ask what you find fulfilling. For myself, I need to do things and finish them. I love hacker news and all the cool things I learn, but I know it doesn’t satisfy all of my needs.
How would I even know what tool you're using, unless you mention it or I have a reason to ask?
