Ask HN: How did you learn economics?

I believe that understanding economics is pretty essential in tech. I see a lot of career struggles where it helps understanding fundamentals with depth, to foresee how trends are working past present future and how you can stay a step ahead. I did a degree in econ and CS, and during my undergrad I remember trying to get my CS friends to gawk at FRED data or BLS reports with me, but they never were really interested, especially when in their opinion, there were more pressing matters to attend to like gaming. So, I wonder, how did you learn about economics? Was it out of necessity or curiosity? Did you learn via book recommendations or some youtube channel? What pushed you to really learn about economics beyond what the average techie would know?