I don't believe that Linus ever asked (someone else) if he should learn C.
Or that Damien Katz (couchdb creator) ever asked if he should learn Erlang.
Or if Brad Fitzpatrick (Livejournal & Danga) ever asked if he should learn Perl!
Just learn what you (from looking around) believe will make you a better or smarter, what is even more important use what you learn. Don't just learn to learn!
how many time have you heard someone saying BSD is not dead!
Do you think the folks working an using (say) OpenBSD care. Compared to Linux OpenBSD is a lot less usable, yet the passionate coders behind it still offered us PF, OpenSSH, OpenBGPD
I don't believe that Linus ever asked (someone else) if he should learn C. Or that Damien Katz (couchdb creator) ever asked if he should learn Erlang. Or if Brad Fitzpatrick (Livejournal & Danga) ever asked if he should learn Perl!
Just learn what you (from looking around) believe will make you a better or smarter, what is even more important use what you learn. Don't just learn to learn!