I always see this on job applications for IT and such. I’m wondering, how do you stay up to date?

  • Lettuce eat lettuce
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    34 months ago

    YouTube tech channels, especially tech news channels, Discord servers for Sys Admins and techies, topic specific Discord servers for things like Linux, Hardware, etc.

    Lemmy communities for tech and tech news, multiple podcasts, and bookmark categories on my browser for tech news sites and forums like Level1Techs, Lawrence Systems, and Phoronix.

    I also am subscribed to several tech email lists.

    Most of the day while I’m at my desk, I have headphones on and I am listening to a rotation of those things. Every hour or two I casually browse random forums or discord servers on my phone for the latest news, drama, security breaches, announcements, etc.

    I try to always have my ear to the industry, learning new stuff, staying in touch. Firstly because I actually really love tech, FOSS, hardware, etc. Secondly because it helps me do my job well, and more importantly, my tech hobbies well.