in reply to Re: A PerlMonks mentoring list
in thread A PerlMonks mentoring list

The added value is to provide monks with experts in a field to directly ask questions of. For example, I recently had to do some programming in Windows, an area I'm not very familiar with. It was made a lot easier by the fact I knew some of the monks who were good with Windows. Not everyone has those lists in their head. For those people, this kind of list would be good.

It's kind of a FAQ that can answer questions, so to speak.

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Re: A PerlMonks mentoring list
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Oct 14, 2003 at 14:56 UTC
    And this is fun for the mentors because of? Believe me, you really don't want to be a private tutor of a bunch of people, just for free, and just because some people have voted on you. I do get questions asked by random strangers via email "because you seem so knowledgable on Usenet". Or here via messages ("I really like your comments on this"). I've stopped responding to them ("I've you want to ask a question, please use Usenet, or one of the mailing lists. If you want a private teacher, contact my employer and hire me"), because too many times people balk, and think it's their right I answer questions promptly. Nowadays, I just ignore such emails and messages.

    People can ask their questions here, on Usenet, during their local Mongers and on several mailinglists. There will be many people who can answer their questions, often more promptly than a private tutor can (because (s)he has to eat, work and sleep as well).

    Making someone a tutor is a heavy burden. And unless it's being paid (say $100/hour, one hour increments), I wouldn't advice anyone to become one.

    Abigail

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Re: Re2: A PerlMonks mentoring list
by jasonk (Parson) on Oct 14, 2003 at 14:29 UTC

    I can't speak for anyone else, but I visit perlmonks when I want to, and answer any questions that I feel like I can contribute to. People who ask me questions directly tend to be ignored, if they want answers they should post questions.

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      I visit perlmonks when I want to, and answer any questions that I feel like I can contribute to. People who ask me questions directly tend to be ignored, if they want answers they should post questions.
      Yes, exactly my position as well. While I get about 5 to 10 Perl questions a day directly to my email box, if it's something that will take me more than a few minutes to research or answer, I tend to point them at public forums like this one.

      A public answer benefits everyone. A private answer benefits only a few.

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