Why learn a language when you can spend 6 months mastering the art of avoiding it? That airplane making a complete U-turn away from "Learn Any Programming Language 100%" towards "Algorithms, DataStructures" is basically my career in a nutshell.
Nothing says "professional developer" quite like knowing seventeen sorting algorithms but still Googling how to center a div. We're all just glorified detour enthusiasts with impostor syndrome and a Stack Overflow addiction.