[LA.pm] Next step for a newbie

[David Pisoni]

On May 10, 2006, at 13.49, Ranga Nathan wrote:

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> For fear of being at the receiving end of a RTFM, I immersed myself  
> in documentation and there is plenty of it.

I'll second Ranga's comment here, and add a corollary suggestion: get  
to know your way around the documentation.  IMHO really knowing a  
technology is less about memorizing all the inputs and outputs  
(though that is very helpful for sure), and more about knowing where  
to find the answers to your questions quickly and efficiently. That  
will get you far more "learning leverage">

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> BTW, dont miss the next YAPC, wherever that is. It is an excellent  
> forum to learn and exchange knowledge. I was at  YAPC 1999 and  
> 19100 (yes, year 2000) . Oh what fun that was, being in the company  
> of great Perl minds.

YAPC::NA is in Chicago this year, last week of June.  <http:// 
www.yapcchicago.org/>  It's not too late to register!

Enjoy,
David Pisoni
Director, Site Infrastructure
Shopzilla <http://www.shopzilla.com/>

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