So the sweet bliss of the annual 2 week year-end corporate slowdown is coming to and end. I've taken advantage of this period to virtually 'live' on perlmonks. For my participation on the site I've moved from scribe to being on the brink of making friar. What I've gained for myself is an understanding of what it's going to take to be as good at perl as I want to be, and access to resources to help get me there.

This is my 100th post. I know that is not a major milestone. In fact it's somewhat embarrassing as many monks are made long before 100 posts. For me it's taken that long to see where I am at in my skill set relative to people who have the skills I desire to have. This isn't something that any books, group, or project can give. This knowledge is precious to me having been completely self-taught and isolated from other coder's my entire carreer.

This site is a treasure trove of information that seems endless, and I've dived into it's depths like a kid in a candy store. There is no amount of votes to ++ all the vaulable information that can be found here

It has been unnerving to realize that my code is actually a good programmer's worst nightmare, but my stuff has always worked and my clients satisfied, so I never worried too much about it. But the new millennium is undeniably here, and the days of when a hack1 could code in isolation are dying (if not dead already).

Armed with this information the first computation my brain comes up with is -- DO SOMETHING WITH IT!.

Just so that it's written before witnesses, (to put some pressure on myself) here are my new year's resolution's for 2001:

    1. Figure out how to be of assistance in chromatic's jellybean project, so as to add at least two usefull perlmonk objects.
    2. I will make myself sit down and write at least one decent JAPH.
    3. I will use all of my votes daily on perlmonks.

    4. I will push myself to post code instead of opinions.

And if I don't keep these minimal personal resolutions -- I resovle to create a new permonks login and start over in 2002.

coreolyn -- 1Hacking is something I got from smoking too much.

In reply to On the Road to Perl Enlightenment, My 100th Post, and New Year's Resolutions by coreolyn

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