Dear Monks,
When I started learning Perl, no instructor for Perl were avaiable. Even my "programming language" course didn't cover Perl. My Perl knwoledge is self taught and self exercised from books, docs, faqs, cplm and other lists and respected monks here.

Question: What are the difference between instructor lead training and the way I learn perl and continue learning more. I really like to know what I am missing/adding or could have better focused from early on.

I know there are plenty of advantages for instructor based training for many other subjects. I like to know what are Perl specific advantages.

Thank you,
artist
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Beautify your existence.

Update 1: As suggested in response from suaveant, I agree that learning depend on person, still want to know how a good instructor can make a difference in the Perl world. After the experience in the field, my question is not just from the beginner point of view, but also for the professional learning.

Update 2: As hardburn pointed, knowledge gaps are the things which require the instructor. Arguably hard and depend upon requirement, but if we construct the Perl path from beginner to professional level, I am sure we can achieve the part of that effect. Again, I am talking about more systematic efforts, v/s list based approach.

artist

In reply to Difference in self v/s instructor based Perl training by artist

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