[voycey]

I think having a good core is more important than the "latest flashiest framework" / "New Language" / "whatever" at the end of the day it will be your experience that gets you out of the shit, not some new tool! However saying that I think it is important to not let yourself go stale. I worked with a company that had about 6 devs that were doing things seriously old school, they had no interest in upgrading their skills and for someone who likes to keep on top of the new features on languages it was painful to work with them. In the end however, when they left that company they probably found pretty quickly that they were unemployable!

For me personally, I find that I generally have free reign to test out "new (to me) technologies and my experience helps me realise quickly if they are going to be helpful or a bust!

Take any opportunity you can to do a "little project" in something that interests you and then apply it to problems in your work!