Having kids prompts you to learn different skills than those you might have learned without them.
It also gives you the perspective to realize that chasing after business fads--especially startup culture business fads--is not "skilling up". It's just spinning a hamster wheel fast enough to grab the wire and do a 360.
The greatest skill, one that you learn right away, is how to clean up other people's isht when they are incapable of doing so. The next skill is being able to figure out what action you can take to most efficiently stop hysterical, incoherent whining and crying and turn it into blessed silence. And the best skill is learning how to value your own time--particularly the amount of it you can spend sleeping.
In general, you stop "skilling up" for the benefit of current or potential employers, and learn for the benefit of your own family.
It also gives you the perspective to realize that chasing after business fads--especially startup culture business fads--is not "skilling up". It's just spinning a hamster wheel fast enough to grab the wire and do a 360.
The greatest skill, one that you learn right away, is how to clean up other people's isht when they are incapable of doing so. The next skill is being able to figure out what action you can take to most efficiently stop hysterical, incoherent whining and crying and turn it into blessed silence. And the best skill is learning how to value your own time--particularly the amount of it you can spend sleeping.
In general, you stop "skilling up" for the benefit of current or potential employers, and learn for the benefit of your own family.