Whether you’re committing 30 minutes or 3 hours a day to learning, consistency is key. Klint Finley asks 3 tech professionals at different stages in their career for more advice.

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The ReadME Project's senior editor Klint Finley gathered a panel of three tech professionals at different stages of their careers. Karthik Iyer is a software engineer at JPMorgan Chase and Monica Powell is a GitHub Star.

Keeping your skillset fresh as a developer

Klint: How do you decide what to invest your time into learning?

Klint: Conversely, how do you decide NOT to learn something? What makes you scratch something off the list or move it to the “not right now” category?

Klint: What skills have you learned that ended up being the most transferable? What skills make learning other skills or technologies easier?

Klint: How much time do you commit to learning? Where do you fit it into your schedule? Do you commit work hours “on the clock” to training or do you mostly learn during your free time?