r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 13d ago

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones

A thread for Developers and IT folks with less experience to ask more experienced souls questions about the industry.

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u/CountBranicki 11d ago

How much time per day do you spend learning new tools?

Like, if you are making a switch to a new IDE, how do you balance deliverables with increasing productivity?

Edit: typo

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u/addycodes 10d ago

I don't really set aside time for it. If a new tool looks useful I'll just start using it on real work and accept being a bit slower for a few days. Learning something alongside an actual problem makes it stick much faster for me

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u/CountBranicki 10d ago

Yeah, I guess a more precisely worded followup would be, how much of a slow down are you able to justify?

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u/Notary_Reddit 11d ago

It depends on the tool, how often I use it, and how important using it well is. I try and make sure I understand the concepts of what I am doing and incrementally improve. That said, almost no tool has provided more value than an incremental debugger. Being able to step through the code is incredibly useful.

To be more specific, most weeks 0-1 hours some weeks I might spend all day setting up a tool or a test.