[alexanderscott]

I agree with that. it shouldn’t have to be extracurricular. in fact, having outside interests other than programming is a plus.

but there are plenty of ways to learn the general basics of modern computing on company dime. whether thru training, talking with peers, reviewing others code, or taking a step back and looking at architecture outside your specific domain.

if I’m speaking with a frontend engineer on my team who doesn’t understand how his code is deployed or basics on the compute resources used to run that code it’s likely not going to be a very productive discussion