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I have personally stumbled upon this paradigm (value craftsmanship on tools that will have a relevant shelf life), and I credit my ongoing satisfaction with my career to this, at least in part.

Without getting into details and specifics, something I highly enjoy doing, I'm referring to things like Vim, tmux, unix utilities and software, various Linux administration knowledge. Various electronics concepts. I now consciously and deeply evaluate a potential skill to learn based on how likely it is going to improve my life in the long term.