[pyman]

I agree. This is what I tell my students:

1. Stop living other people's experiences. Start having your own.

2. Stop reading blogs. Start building apps.

3. Everyone's experience depends on their use case or limitations. Don't follow someone's opinion or ideology without understanding why.

4. Don't waste time chasing employees or researchers on Twitter or Substack. Most of them are just promoting themselves or their company.

5. Don't let anxiety or FOMO take over your time. Focus on learning by doing. If something important comes out, you'll find out eventually.

6. Being informed matters, but being obsessed with information doesn't. Be smart about how you manage your time.

That's what I tell them.