[AlphaWeaver]

One big thing is making sure that when you're working on learning that you're focusing one one major stack if you can.

Pick a programming language you feel the most familiar with and then focus on learning it. If there's a framework or set of established best practices you can follow, try to stick with that and build some applications with that.

It's easy for us to get excited about working with new software and cool technologies, but that works against us when we're skill building. I couldn't count the number of times my mentors had to set me back on track when I was a younger developer, because I was off chasing something new.

Learning a lot about a bunch of technologies is useful, but you should make sure you spend some time getting familiar with one or two stacks in particular and forcing yourself to build skills there.