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Have had to remind myself of this lately…The Way to Learn X is to Do X.

Rather than waiting to get hired at your job of choice, start trying to do whatever it is you want to do on your own. Of course it’s easier said than done, but it helps to have a vision of a finished product to help you learn some new skills rather than picking up a bunch of manuals and plowing through them blindly.

Here’s an example from Louis Rossetto, talking about the creation of Wired:

Six months later, I created a second prototype on my own. Learned how to use Quark, Photoshop, and Illustrator in the same month — and juggle too.