I'm definitely in this camp. I read enough programming related news that I know what new technologies are emerging and what problems they attempt to solve. But these days I wait until things have gained enough momentum that I think they'll stick around for at least a few years before I'll even consider adopting them for real work.
That said it's good to keep learning new things just for the sake of learning so I will still sometimes pick up something new just because it looks different enough from things I'm already familiar with.
That said it's good to keep learning new things just for the sake of learning so I will still sometimes pick up something new just because it looks different enough from things I'm already familiar with.