Athletes cross train in other sports or training regimes to stay in shape. Musicians will pick up a new instrument or try a new music genre to get fresh ideas. And if you want to keep your technology chops sharp it is a good idea to regularly try out something totally new. Sample a new operating system — challenge yourself to do a project with all open source software — find a way to communicate for a week without using email — anything to break yourself out of the comfortable way of solving problems. Why? Not because it is always comfortable, but as the exercise cliche goes, no pain no gain.
A Day in the Life of an Operating System Switch by Bob Sprankle
But
more importantly, I need to put myself at “square one”. I need to leave
my comfort zone, parachute down into the unknown jungle with nothing
but a few sketchy tutorials, and claw my way to a new civilization.
Why? Because that’s what I ask my students to do every day in the
Computer Lab.
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