I know that there are plenty of other people who know more than I do about Perl (and about web programming in general, and SQL and databases in general, and regexes in general, and ...). I know this will always be true.

It's never a case of me against them. It's always just a case of me against the problems that I need to solve for whatever reason (usually because I really want to solve them).

And when I know that other people have already solved a given problem, I often prefer to get their help (use their advice, or use their module) rather than repeat all the work that they did (and all the mistakes they made before they got a solution that worked).

There are plenty of things on my plate that other people aren't going to do for me, so I'm busy enough as it is without trying to be the best expert in anything, and that's okay with me.

In reply to Re: Updating my confidence in my Perl knowledge by graff
in thread Updating my confidence in my Perl knowledge by Anonymous Monk

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