Comment by Brandon on "When and how do you practise your developer skills?"

I'm the opposite of most posts here. I do not schedule a time to practice. I keep a list of things I want to learn and whenever I have downtime I learn them.

Often this happens when:

I am waiting on another developer to finish their portion of the project.
I am waiting on a code review.
I am waiting on specifications to be finalized.
During server or computer maintenance.
Travelling on or waiting for a bus / train / plane.
Waiting for someone.

I get more by taking advantage of the unscheduled waiting than I do out of scheduling a time. Scheduled things tend to get delayed or skipped.

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