Learning how to learn as a programmer

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about our learning process as programmers. How we as software engineers learn new things. Our field evolves so fast so we always feel the urge to catch up with the latest technologies and standards. It’s not a surprise to me anymore that some people call us a fashion-based industry. We like to get our hands dirty with things that are currently fashionable. If there is a new editor theme, we want to try it. When a new coding font gets out, we become early adopters. A new programming language that helps us to build more reliable backend services? We add it to…