Don't follow every new trend. However, if you are stuck in .NET world, it might really pay off to look at other worlds for inspiration now and then.
Reading Hacker News now and then should give you enough ideas? Every now and then you could read a book or do some exercises, or best create a small project in another technology stack.
I think reading SICP and learning a bit of LISP might be a good start - just because it introduces a lot of concepts that might be unheard of by enterprise programmers.
If I was on .NET I would probably be looking at F# right now.
Reading Hacker News now and then should give you enough ideas? Every now and then you could read a book or do some exercises, or best create a small project in another technology stack.
I think reading SICP and learning a bit of LISP might be a good start - just because it introduces a lot of concepts that might be unheard of by enterprise programmers.
If I was on .NET I would probably be looking at F# right now.