I've a lot of experience programming language $a -- very popular in the early days of the web but now more out of favour -- there are still roles which I'm getting but its getting too boring, niche and legacy for my tastes. So I'm looking at moving into Java dev since I've done some at work, it's not hard and many of the java contractors I've met don't seem to particularly know much about it.
So how do I actually make the break? In theory I'd rather reskill in my own time, reading books, writing open source and maybe taking the SJCP thing (even if it's a bit crap). But when I'm in contracts I come home tired and can't be arsed with reading about Spring or whatever. Should I take off three months and work on self training and just regard the lost income as training expense? Or just go for a bunch of (probably lower rate) contracts, or even shudder, permie and blag it?
Anyone have any suggestions or war stories about reskilling?
So how do I actually make the break? In theory I'd rather reskill in my own time, reading books, writing open source and maybe taking the SJCP thing (even if it's a bit crap). But when I'm in contracts I come home tired and can't be arsed with reading about Spring or whatever. Should I take off three months and work on self training and just regard the lost income as training expense? Or just go for a bunch of (probably lower rate) contracts, or even shudder, permie and blag it?
Anyone have any suggestions or war stories about reskilling?
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