https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39264751&utm_source=tldrnewsletter

Third, learn one thing at a time. Maybe you are really into learning a musical instrument, so you spend a few nights a week practicing chords or learning a new song. Maybe it is functional programming and you spend a your commutes listening to famous talks on FP. But don’t think you can do it all at once. The people who seem to have it all still probably got there one bit at a time.

It is totally fine to be bored at work for a time, but long term that is a sign of stagnation. Stagnation, in turn, can leave you in a vulnerable place when market conditions turn for the worse.

You are in for plenty of surprises. You can prioritise anything, if coding is fun for you you can find the time. (3 kids, 30s).

Same for exercise, and pretty much anything else

the book Atomic Habits,

I am 24, young, and naive. when you are just starting your career, you’re not just working, you’re learning how to work (ideally through mentorships, but typically through just building experience in your field)

over time, you’ll find yourself building up skills and being able to finish 8 hours of work in 7 hours, then after some more time it only takes 6, and eventually half of your work day becomes reading articles and ‘learning’

it’s not an on-off switch, but a steady progression towards supplanting your busy work with ‘smart’ work, good luck

For a year or two, I woke up one hour earlier and did one thing for one hour. I sort of set myself an objective like “in this hour I’ll try and do xxx”. The evening is hard.

Most people overestimate what they can achieve in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in ten years. Bill Gates

I study for an hour every morning on a subject I enjoy right after I finish my first cup of coffee - right now I’m learning Japanese but I’ve done other things like building apps or reading history books. Main thing is always making sure it’s something I’m personally interested in, and I don’t multithread. Interestingly time bounding myself makes it more fun because I look forward to coming back to it vs getting tired of it