Specialization is for insects

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein

Though it may be cliche to begin a post with a quote, it seemed applicable today.  As I have said my position is entitled "Fair Housing Specialist", however that is far from the truth.  I cover much more bases than assigned to me.  I am the IT support and specialist, the gofer and go-to guy, a fill in at management meetings when my supervisor is gone, and many more.


Sometimes I even go out of my way to pick up more tasks.  I like to think of it as me continuing my learning.  All of my assistance has also made me "indispensable" as I've been told.  That's a good feeling to have- being told you're indispensable.

This has motivated me to further expand on my education.  Currently I am brushing up on my Spanish using books on tape and I have just discovered that Khan Academy has a course teaching Python to anyone- for free.  I have a bad habit of starting things and not finishing them.  However, I feel things changing this time.  Of all the books I have recently picked up, I have finished all of them.  I am in the 9th CD of the 18 CDs in the learning Spanish books on tape set.  And learning python has seemed really fun! So I'll be sure to follow up on all of these endeavors.

In the future I also want to learn HTML and continue writing grants.  Mozilla has multiple projects where you can learn HTML, even ones where you can learn with others!

Now that I look back on all of this I wonder, should I attempt to learn HTML or learn Python first? If I learn HTML, I'm sure I could spruce up this website.  Additionally, it's much easier to explain to others that I can code a website then a program.  I also foresee myself using HTML more so than Python.

If anyone is reading feel free to comment: What would you learn first? Python or HTML?