I always see this on job applications for IT and such. I’m wondering, how do you stay up to date?
Bruh, I don’t really.
I learn what I need for whatever project I’m working on and if someone mentions some new tool as part of potential future project, I google that.
I’m probably a bad example tho. I have no hustle.
I think there’s more people like this than people want to admit. There’s certain things where I have a personal interest and I’ll stay more up to date about etc. but the rest? I’m doing the same as you.
Same here, I have a few projects that I follow more actively. The rest I research on the fly when needed.
Just start saying something very wrong about it on the internet. Nerds will correct you.
Good old Occam’s Razor
See what you did there, nice.
No, you’re probably thinking of Moore’s law.
Cunningham’s Law (don’t hurt me lol)
On second thought, I’m pretty sure it’s Godwin’s law
Ohm’s Law
Newton’s third law
Good Job Hitler, but it’s obviously the Dunning Krueger Effect.
While everybody hops on the newest trends I just try to understand the technology I am working with right now in Projects. Keeps me from wasting time with buzzwords and trends that are going to be obsolete in a couple of years.
If there is nothing new going on I usually pick a topic that I am interested in, get a good old book and read it. Usually this is knowledge not too related to my everyday work. This helps to have broad technical knowledge. Helps me heavily in my projects and everyday life.
But I have to admit I don’t apply for jobs 😉
I use lemmy and if something happens its probably here
I don’t. I’m not in a decision making position where having that knowledge would be beneficial. I’m here for a paycheck. Period.
Aho says you need to do this in your free time?
Define “up to date”.
It is a big industry. ACM, hacker News, lemme, podcasts, research publications.
Don’t have to keep up with everything, but do need to be learning and thinking.
News sites listed here https://wiki.tilde.fun/guide/news#information-technology-it
StackOverflow’s yearly survey gives a pretty good overview of where things are going. Besides that, I’ll often just see discussions about new stuff when I search for solutions to problems I encounter. I’ve never found the need to go out of my way to keep up.
By working in the industry and paying attention?
I stay up to date on industry trends by organizing a union. Not kidding. To be a good organizer, you need to know how your wages compare to the approximate wages of similar companies, you need to know common industry practices, you need to know positive labor news within your industry, etc.
