--- Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@thenilgiris.com wrote:
On Thursday 23 Jun 2005 9:57 pm, Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, MB cobbled together some glyphs to say:
information regarding linux OS courses . I am deeply intrested in
Learn on your own man. That's how the best do it. Also learn to fix your line length :)
i dont agree. i have learnt everything on my own due to the fact that i am the only opensource programmer within a radius of 200 kilometers from here. And, believe you me, it is a pita. No doubt god helps those who help themselves, but a considerable amount of interraction with ppl in the know certainly helps to speed up the learning track. Yes, mailing lists and forums do help to a certain extent, but when learning on ones own, a lot of 'newbie' stuff is a dark mystery, and it is often in fear and trembling that i post queries on lists hoping to get answers without being flamed. (i have been flamed innumerable times for asking newbie questions, including a coupla times by philji himself).
I think this is an old problem. Some techies are irritated when they see newbies asking questions that could have been located via gogle search or by reading howtos. Others such as Kenneth or myself feel that a certain degree of hand holding is essential. Not everyone has the same level of tech savvyness that some of us do.
Most of the guys who propagate this 'learn on your own' crap are guys who have 3-5 years of formal education in computers, on which basis they are now capable, to a certain extent, of learning on their own.
I disagree with this. I believe it's all to do with aptitude. If folks who've undergone formal education in computers are still good programmers/techies, then this is because of their inner strength and aptitude. They also still retain the ability to learn - something that remains within them despite their having attended college.
incidently, on a personal note heard tell you were going for german classes - how come you didnt learn german on your own (I did). I would suggest that unhelpful replies like this be avoided. If a guy asks for info about courses available, either give the info or refrain from adding to the noise on the list.
While I wouldn't call his reply unhelpful, I would say that Philip has assumed certain savvyness on the part of the original poster.
-- Sriram
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