This week,
Vivek and I launched a
Cloud Skilling challenge for learning
Elastic on Azure. It reminded me of my time learning Hadoop in 2013, which helped me foray into Open source, big data, NoSQL, and eventually DevRel. It all started with that
one skill.
At that time, Iām neither actively working on Hadoop nor anticipate it, but did a paid course to learn it š
Continuous learning helps in many ways. Sometimes to improve your knowledge, or get a new job, or even make new friends!
In recent times, Iāve learned NextJS, TailwindCSS, Javalin, Github Actions, OpenTelemetry, and more. All of them helped in some way to improve my knowledge.
Many over-index on doing tech certifications. Even if you donāt get certified, it is ok, but gaining knowledge continuously by attending meetups, developer events, and participating in one community benefits you in the long run.
Most importantly, learning is democratized today than in 2013, with many folks creating excellent content. You can sit in
Imphal, MN, and learn from the instructor in
Austin, TX.
Overall, I believe skills do help in paying your bills.