Re: How do you stay motivated?

I'm also someone not hired to do Perl. But I love the language.

In times of no Perl at work, I have kept up my interest by getting involved with open source projects outside of work. I have 10 modules on CPAN, and I am one of the main developers of OpenGuides. Ymmv - your employment contract and/or your countries laws may get in the way.

I also hang out on IRC (ivorw) on #perl and #london.pm, and attend meetings of London Perl Mongers. I can recommend Perl monger social meetings as a good place to bounce ideas, listen to ideas, and get remotivated about Perl.

--

Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree.
Your powers of persuasion will set them all free,
So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
(Missquoting Janis Joplin)

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Re^2: How do you stay motivated? by Marza (Vicar) on Mar 15, 2006 at 17:01 UTC
A little bragging are we? :p the IRC idea and a perl mongers group is a good idea. I happened to notice there is one around where I live. Thanks!	[reply]