I wanted to share a brief bit of my experience learning Perl.

I started coding stuff more complex than DOS .bat files and HTML less than three months ago, but since then have been learning Perl. Already I can write scripts to page me on my family's birthdays, connect to and modify Oracle 8i or MySQL DBs, and retrieve information about the latest earthquakes around the globe.

Even more amazing to me is the wealth of rich Perl knowledge available: starting with the manpages and ending at cutting-edge hubs of thought like this site. I feel I've tapped into a springly maple tree.

Fueling my drive to learn anything and everything about the language, I find myself a victim of intense competition. Even this node is a symptom! I am an addict. My only dream is that someday this binge will pay off, and I will be able to work eight hour days and make about US$80k a year. Maybe even get a Friday or two off, and retire at forty.

Is this for real?

me on keys

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