Re: perl : focus or balance

You're a better programmer if you don't make the choice and do both. Generalists are useful, but general specialists are better. There isn't a market for people who know many things, but don't know anything very well.

You should know a lot of things, and at least now some things very well.

Abigail

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Re: Re: perl : focus or balance by mkmcconn (Chaplain) on Aug 06, 2002 at 10:42 UTC
I have to humbly agree with Abigail-II on this. Learn much about everything you can, in order to improve what you have committed yourself to do best. No offense intended by the following pontification but, I think that life will prove that the only way to be a true master of any one thing is, to steer between both obstacles to personal growth: obsession (which is slavery, and makes an empty man) and, distraction (which is mediocrity, and makes a shallow man). mkmcconn (added 3 words + bold tags)	[reply]

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by mkmcconn (Chaplain) on Aug 06, 2002 at 10:42 UTC

I have to humbly agree with Abigail-II on this. Learn much about everything you can, in order to improve what you have committed yourself to do best.

No offense intended by the following pontification but, I think that life will prove that the only way to be a true master of any one thing is, to steer between both obstacles to personal growth: obsession (which is slavery, and makes an empty man) and, distraction (which is mediocrity, and makes a shallow man).
mkmcconn
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