The thing that changed my career as a software engineer, in terms of seniority & remuneration by time and effort, was by changing my efforts from learning arbitrary tech to learning the domain I worked in. Asking useful domain-related questions gets you noticed in stand ups and helps you write the right code. I work in fintech so the best bang for my buck I’ve had was reading an entry level cert in investment finance.
I think the generic bit of this advice is to excel as an engineer is to focus on the business, not the tech.
I think the generic bit of this advice is to excel as an engineer is to focus on the business, not the tech.