I'm not clear on why one needs to be hyper-productive. If you've been in the industry for long enough, you start to realize that everything functions in a cycle and they're just slapping a new fancy name and methodology on a problem that's existed for decades. My approach is to slowly shift my career into a direction that aligns with my interests. My latest KPIs, for example, include "Practical AI use-cases in the developer space". Gotta love getting paid to mess around with LLMs and see if I can get consistent real world applications out of it.
My point is, do what you love and pressure your boss to pay for training that aligns with your interests. Also, if you really want to be hyper-productive then start contributing to open source projects. Corporates don't reward working yourself to the bone. Corporates only reward assertive behavior. That's why you get idiots in managerial positions, because they're assertive and they take the lead. I can't tell you how many times I've been made recommendations as an SME and been over-ridden by a manager that doesn't know what the hell they're talking about.
My point is, do what you love and pressure your boss to pay for training that aligns with your interests. Also, if you really want to be hyper-productive then start contributing to open source projects. Corporates don't reward working yourself to the bone. Corporates only reward assertive behavior. That's why you get idiots in managerial positions, because they're assertive and they take the lead. I can't tell you how many times I've been made recommendations as an SME and been over-ridden by a manager that doesn't know what the hell they're talking about.