I've published a new blog post highlighting that security isn't the only community that has macho elitists who like trying to put newcomers down but, if you can push past them, the community really is worth joining.
https://digi.ninja/blog/entering_community.php
Depends if I've got a project on or not. If I have, then almost all my spare time goes into getting it finished, once it is done, I tend to walk away from research for a while and don't do any of it.