What to study?

When faced with an overwhelming array of choices, these may be useful reference points to evaluate our options:

1. Things I’ll definitely learn soon
2. Things I might learn later
3. Things I’ll probably never get around to learning

These are the criteria I use determine which category something goes in:

1. Is this useful to me now? (for day job, startup, side projects, etc)
2. How long will it be useful? or When do I expect this to become obsolete?
3. How useful is it for the time it takes to learn? or How much bang do I get for my studying buck?

From Technology Decisions - Where to Invest Your Brainpower

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