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I wish I'd learnt a few long term skills that are/were a pain to learn 10 years later. By long term I mean things that will almost certainly be useful 20 years later.

Programming - I'm from a sysadmin background so got by on bash scripting. Then suddenly every job really requires you can at least code in python.

Driving - Even if you live in a city where you never drive it comes in useful for holidays etc.

Typing - Two fingered typing gets old

SQL - Somebody got rid of all the DBAs



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