In real life you choose what parts to level, what to learn. As a developer do you choose to level up or are you stuck fighting the same kind of problems without gaining XP?  As a developer do you choose to spend your experience: Learning to talk to customers Learning to work with others Learn patterns, how to write prose Learn new technologies Learn how to write tests Learn how to automate tasks (build, installation, et.c.) This is just a short list. What I mean is that you have a possibi[...]