You might find a lot of people like this on HN. In fact I thought I was reading my own biography when you started mentioning the years.
The way I think of it, it's a slightly productive addiction. I keep a track of things that interest me, but are work related. So finance and coding topics mainly. And the inevitable economics/society stuff that's very broad.
But it helps a lot with my work. No one particular thing is super useful, but it's useful to know what kinds of things are floating around. If you're a tech person, you probably have a specific focus, but you need to know what else is out there. So that might be machine learning, serverless computing, or some language you never use at work.
The way I think of it, it's a slightly productive addiction. I keep a track of things that interest me, but are work related. So finance and coding topics mainly. And the inevitable economics/society stuff that's very broad.
But it helps a lot with my work. No one particular thing is super useful, but it's useful to know what kinds of things are floating around. If you're a tech person, you probably have a specific focus, but you need to know what else is out there. So that might be machine learning, serverless computing, or some language you never use at work.