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by bo_Olean 3859 days ago
If I were in your situation I'd use that time off the actual work to learn new things. Work on open source project or start my own projects etc.

Whoever you work with at the end when it comes to learning it falls back to how far you are willing to dedicate time to learning. The best way to learn is by yourself. As far as getting influenced by A level people is concerned you can get influenced by them fairly anywhere in the internet.