I fully understand the intent, but it doesn't come across that way. Assume that I will learn it, and I will assume you aren't judging me.
If I'm not busy, it is cool. Very cool. But if I have to spend hours reading and experimenting just to get to the next phase of some task, not so much. When I'm working, I like to accomplish things and learning can be a speed bump. I love learning new things during learning times. This also helps the learning process as I'm not facing stressful deadlines.
Stated as is, it also sounds like you are offering me the privilege to get to learn something you already know. I get to join your club. I've even heard people claim responsibility for another's knowledge because they were the first person to mention the topic. Same for TV shows, music, and movies.
>oh cool, today is the day you get to learn about X.
I still don't like this. There is no need to comment on my knowledge. If I say I don't know something, there is no need to repeat it back to me in any form. Offer resources, assistance, or guidance. If I found something I need to learn, assume that I will now be scrambling to learn it.
I kind of in the same boat. Wrote html, vb4, and made a few flash apps when I was about 10 but didn't get serious and really study until the past 5 years or so. So I picked 15-20, but I also picked 3-5.
Oculus has had several competitors coming to prototype recently. Now they have lost their following. I personally think facebook just bought a dud. Oculus just dug their own grave.
Additionally, this is a gaming device. Having utopian visions for a device that hasn't even hit the market for its intended use is not a good PR strategy.
I don't mean to insult anyone. I fully understand why people are doing it. But I don't understand how these get repeatedly voted to the top. Can't we start a megathread or something for these?
I was getting really fed up with the flappy bird stuff and was happy to see it go. Now this? Don't get me wrong, love the game, but god damn can we say beating a dead horse?
Sure, I had to sacrifice some of that "in the moment" happiness while getting myself to a manageable state, but I don't regret a single moment of it.
It's such a cop out to say that you're living in the moment. Few people, I'd even venture to say that no one looks back on self improvement with regret. Discipline contributes to happiness. Don't try to demotivate people to justify your own unwillingness to improve yourself.
I think it really depends on how it's being used. If you just made html pages and shoved php statements all over the place, sure that's a horrible mess. But if you modularize your architecture and use classes, it can be quite maintainable.
I find it interesting that you feel a struggle yet your scores show a very solid personality. I have the same struggle.
I have always been right in the middle. Used to be a class clown and popular but also had extended bouts of depression where I didn't want to interact.
Nowadays, when working, I want to shut everything out and just code. But I used to be the opposite. Was in service and loved talking to people. Even if I'm not very good at it.
When I was in service, I would usually only hang out with a core group and only occasionally. Now that I'm coding, I want to experience everything in my free time. Meet people and be uncomfortable.
Although I did answer "it depends" to probably 75% of the questions, I think my results reflect somewhat accurately. The only thing that is solid is intuitive. The rest are right on the fence.
It just feels to me like you are over elevating the prestige of "our job". What life goals do you have if all you do is work? I do like taking solace in my job and just shutting out the world sometimes. Otherwise I enjoy concerts, travel, family, cooking/cuisine, woodworking, mechanics, gardening, reading novels, learning about art, botany, physics, rocket science, camping, fishing, hunting, and so many more things.
Accomplishment can be achieved in so many ways. A life spent only working seems like such a waste. Dying people generally don't regret the things they did do but instead the things they didn't do.
Go live. Life is such an amazing thing to experience. There are so many sights, sounds, smells, and experiences to be had. I can't justify not attempting to discover as many as I possibly can in the short, insignificant span of time that I will be here. Putting yourself in new, uncomfortable situations will increase your creativity way beyond what working and reading technical books could even come close to.