Staying Relevant

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A concrete plan for staying current: split learning into passive (read one blog post a week via Android Weekly, watch Twitch streams, attend a meetup) and active (do 3 hours a month of portfolio work tracked in Git/Jira, write a blog post quarterly). Build small interview-style list/detail apps to try Jetpack Compose, Kotlin coroutines/flows, Hilt/Koin, image loading and tests. Over a year this yields ~104 articles and ~36 portfolio hours (or ~18 hours if half the year), enough to prototype and compare new tech without burnout.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker background
2. 1:52FOMO and legacy project struggles
3. 6:36Strategy for staying relevant
4. 10:28Passive learning techniques
5. 12:12Active learning and portfolio work
6. 18:11Balancing deadlines and downtime
7. 24:08Learning Jetpack Compose efficiently
8. 26:57Cross-platform tech priorities
9. 29:01Detailed weekly learning plan
10. 32:31Realistic yearly learning goals
11. 33:16Q&A and closing remarks

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