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    What's one self-taught skill you're proud of, and how did you go about learning it?

    Udaya Sri
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    Self-taught skills can be challenging but also really rewarding. They take effort, creativity, and a real curiosity to keep pushing forward. Choosing the right resources and celebrating small wins along the way makes the journey feel more special. What's that one special journey for you?

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    Ben Syverson
    For some reason, I used to be so intimidated by type design. I thought there were tons of rules and guidelines you had to learn before you could really start. For example, the term "optical adjustment." How should I measure this? Where is the formula? It turns out, "optical adjustment" is industry jargon for "eyeballing it." When Glyphs 3.0 (1.0) came out, I took the plunge and started messing around. Within a few weeks, and with no expectations, I had outlined my first typeface. It was a huge learning for me. If I had waited to learn it "the right way," I'd still be waiting.
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    Okeowo Aderemi
    Chrome extension was one self-taught skill that I picked up, I was always interested in Saas products and experimenting with products I could quickly test and I would say it's been fun building extensions and exploring payment models. Luckily non developers can now use Claude to build such but I still enjoy doing it manually. How I went about learning it, was trying out a sample project and building from there. I went from being a noob to actually working on some extensions. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h...
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