That trip sounds amazing and I can image the beauty and harshness of that terrain. I am so grateful to you for offering me such a valuable experience and honestly I never even dreamed of an offer like this for myself either and you offering to mentor me means alot to me. Perl was the language I started with and a mentor and someone to actually show me and teach me some things is something I haven't really had in regards to programming. This community has helped me alot despite my first posts being pretty inexperienced and lacking knowledge of good etiquette.

Your advice and offer is invaluable. This is something I will need to prepare for as I would want to make the most out of the opportunity and I have two kids as well so it's something I need to find the right time for as well. I'm going to follow everybody's advice to heart and work on improving more and I will reach out to you!

In reply to Re^2: Tips on contributing to the community? by MoodyDreams999
in thread Tips on contributing to the community? by MoodyDreams999

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