Conundrum of practical learning: can you reach the personally satisfying returns boundary before the pros move the frontier and drag the PSRD with it? If you’re in it for money as personal returns this is a hard constraint. Learn too slow and you’re learning obsolete/free skills.
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One reason I’ve only ever gotten into non-commercial hobbies as practical skills is that the link to financial returns is gone and your learning curve moves at your own pace. Social competition is a function of your personality. I’m pretty slow at hands-on learning.
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This is very true in tech, less true in other fields such as carpentry or music. Which are also "tech" - just tech that continues to be useful well beyond our lifetimes.

