How do I keep up with tech without burning out?

You don't need to keep up with everything, and nobody does. Focus on depth in your area and awareness of the rest.

A sustainable approach:

1. Know your core deeply: your main language, framework and fundamentals. These change slowly and matter most.
2. Skim, don't chase: a weekly newsletter or two about your stack is enough to notice important changes. You don't need to try every new tool.
3. Learn new things when you need them, for a real project or a problem at work. You'll remember them far better.
4. Set a time budget: for example a couple of hours a week of deliberate learning, not every evening.
5. Prefer fundamentals over trends: databases, networking, testing, system design and clear writing stay valuable for decades.

Signs you're overdoing it: constant anxiety about falling behind, starting many courses and finishing none, or learning eating all your rest time.

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