Ray wrote: > bruno at modulix wrote: > >>1/ programming >>2/ programming >>3/ lurking here, reading posts and sometimes trying to answer, reading >>source code of the oss apps/frameworks I'm working with, searching >>practical solutions in the cookbook etc >>4/ programming > > > Yeah, but that's what most of us are doing too, we are programmers > after all. But you know, it's like a boxer cannot get better just by > going into a lot of fights, he needs good instruction from a good > coach.
I learned the guitar mostly by watching other guitarists (good and bad ones), trying to teach whoever asked me what I already knew, and practicing many hours a day (until my fingers hurt too much in fact). In programming, like in any other form of art - and like in spirituality for that matters - *everyone* can be your master - sometimes without even being aware of it - if you let him teach you. > So what would you do? (I guess it's your number #3 above). The #3 only would not be of any use without at least the #1, the #2 and the #4. But I admit that #1, #2 and #4 would be equally useless without the #3 !-) How, and yes, also : using one's head - not only to wear a hat - may be of some help too. -- bruno desthuilliers python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for p in '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.split('@')])" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list