[lnanek2]

Yes, agreed. OP shouldn't be out trying to learn JavaScript, take classes, etc.. OP should be out trying to learn how to do a specific thing they ran into problems implementing - how to loop through a set of things that each take a callback in NodeJS and run something when done, etc..

The amount of general learning people do nowadays should probably just be classified as procrastination. Easier to read a book or take a class than actually sit down and write something. So there are people who just do that constantly and never actually build anything.