I started with Perl AFTER I graduated with a CS degree.
I graduated one year and eight months ago, and I have
had three jobs (including my current one) that allowed
me to use Perl.
I was first exposed to Perl about 1996, when I was busy
learning C++, Unix, and basic OOP stuff. I really wanted
to learn Perl at that time - but I was not ready. What I
mean is that I could write Perl like a second semester
C++ student would attempt, but the serious stuff did not
come until after I did it the hard way with other languages.
Now I am trying to piece together all the little puzzle
parts that were taught to me in my CS courses. This is
something I will (hopefully) never finish, becuase the
point of the journey is not to arrive - it's to keep
learning. The more languages you understand, the more you
understand about the essence of what a language is. In
our case, it's just ways of arranging one's and zero's
to get little chips to work in harmony with each other.
I read from my Geek books everyday, even if I only have
time to look at one page. I go back over the books that
I have already read and try to engrave that knowledge
permanantly into my head. The doctor says I should be
out in a couple of months, but that's another story . . .
So where am I now? Not too much further away from were I
was 4 years ago. One day at a time . . . :)
Jeff
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