Ask HN: What new skills are you learning?

    Python more deeply (used it for years but it's a surprisingly deep language)

    Few different open source libraries

    Some "big data" stuff (using open government data).

    Ada

    Javascript properly

    Learning to manage pain (recent diagnosis of degenerative spinal condition)
    
    To be a more positive person

One of the dilemma in learning new skills is there are so many new skills out there and how do you know that spending effort in learning the new skills are more worthwhile than strengthen your old skills? Every person is unique, and depending on popular votes from outside is risky ...

On the other hand, focus on the problem you are trying to attack and work from your existing skills and only learn new skills when it become apparent that old skills are not sufficient, at which point which new skills to learn will no longer be a question.

More often, I find myself developing new skills that are grown from my old ones. In fact, look around, all existing skills were grown from somewhere.

TL;DR Focus on the problem, not the skills.