i've been writing webapps and glue code for ... a while now, and i'm at a point where it all feels like the same problems over and over again -- where i use the same solutions to solve them. while that can be a good thing, it's gotten rather boring ... i want to be learning; i don't want to just be a code monkey.

i'm sure others have hit this wall. the advice of "develop a pet project" is all fine and good, but ... i'd want to start trying out new modules, want to be using something new in the hopes of growing as a programmer.

the other 'issue' with just developing a pet project ... everything i can think of is YAWA ( Yet Another Web App ), so i'm not all that convinced i wouldn't just fall into the same old routines.

since many here are looking to learn, not just to 'make a living' or whatever, what kinds of things have you done to get out of the rut?

In reply to feeling rather stagnant ... by geektron

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