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JIT is great if the things happen to interest you. JIT suuuuuucks if you don't like what you're learning and someone is always telling you what to learn.

But even the first situation can fail if you are under constant pressure and deadlines with no breathing room because it sours the enjoyment of learning.

I feel the same. It's also just very mentally taxing to learn on the fly. Because usually, I'm trying to develop a feature and I feel the pressure of delivering on time. I find it difficult to learn even on the best days, and if I'm stressed, it makes it much harder to concentrate.

I like to do JIT on a prototypes and then use the knowledge to fall into flow state when working on the real product. Once that gets boring time for a new prototypes