There's not much less than a newbie, and everything above a newbie's level is "magical" and "mysterious" and "hard", so one who knows more than they must be powerful in the ways of Perl
I dont agree with this in the least bit. In any field there are many levels of competency above world expert. Let's take your interest in guitar. Did you call anyone who could play a few more chords than you or a few more songs than you a "guru"? Probably not. Likewise, I can't accept that the people that call you an expert would do so for me for instance.

And finally, there is no point in this post other than to vent frustration. It will hardly stem the flow of such praiseworthy, albeit undesired, communication. You are better off writing some sort of email filter or IRC filter to deal with it.

But I guess every field has to deal with fending off the doe-eyed groupies.

In reply to Re: AmIAGuruOrNot.com by princepawn
in thread AmIAGuruOrNot.com by japhy

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