Immersed in immersion
Learning Drupal 8 before using it as the go-to for my clients is exciting and feels like a luxury. It's also a great thing, my personal site gets some love too, and with composer keeping me up-to-date on the back-end. The technology shift feels similar to the one I experienced going from Adobe Flash Actionscript 2.0 to 3.0, ie. now stuff "works!"