[This message was inadvertently originally posted in a totally inappropriate group, so reposted here where it was supposed to have gone]
Sorry that this is something of a ramble. I've been using perl for several yrs, only home scripting on local lan and whatever random notions of a program I happen to want. No other programming skills except a little shell scripting. I've been at least part way thru several of the perl books, and read several tutorials... and even practiced some of the techniques. It usually works like this: I dig around for the techniques I need for whatever current project I'm working on... often ending up here. However, I've come to the conclusion, with that kind of background and current usage, I will never really become skilled or even proficient with perl. Then I look at what things I have become skilled and proficient with, and they are inevitably things I've done for a job. In my case, I was a construction boilermaker and over the years became a skilled welder, a high rigger and even a decent layout man. In every case the skill was something I did 8hr a day for mnths and yrs. before becoming truly skilled at it. So, I'd like to find a job, that requires me to program in perl. I realize there are many listings in places like: jobs.perl.org [com] But looking thru them one sees immediately that in most cases the prospective employer is looking for a master programmer. Or at least a highly skilled programmer. I have yet to run into one where the employer is after a wannabe programmer who promises to do their best. So, I'm wondering where one might find a place to use whatever small amount of programming they have and be expected to learn enough to be a real asset over the course of a yr or two. A place where one would be expected to produce programs regularly. This doesn't actually have to be a paying job... I'm retired and do have an income. But it would need to be a situation where I was expected to produce something on a continuing basis. (Of course the prospect of pay, somewhere along the line would be a further benefit). I'm thinking some kind of open source project that could make use of someone with only light weight skills starting out. And when I say light weight... I really mean it. I didn't graduate high school, and never went beyond that in formal education. Anything to do with programming is strictly self taught and therefore has gaping holes in it. On the other hand, I am capable of writing semi complex programs and have written dozens, probably over 100 by now, of scripts for my own use. So, cutting to the chase, where does someone look for that kind of opening? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/