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Not as much as the extremists but a decent amount. 10 years ago being first introduction to programming some time in K-12 to now: besides what you learn in a CS degree, I've made significant contributions to Unity3D games including networking code on the one that's an MMO, wrote emulators, wrote a graphical IDE with a custom assembler for NES games, made some HTML5 games like a recreation of the Windows 95 maze with Three.js, and now in the professional world I've learned a lot about a certain CMS and taken a decent amount of online courses provided at work for professional advancement, such as one on R. I'm personally satisfied with the breadth and depth of what I've learned, especially given I have other hobbies.



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