(jeffa) Re: Possiblity of determining one's own 'level'

[jeffa]

Indeed, nice idea ... but what is the goal?

If the goal is to provide some kind of accurate indication of who really knows what, well ... that's redundant. You ask a question. Folks answer. The most popular (not necessarily best) answers rise to the top. The wrong answers get flamed. It's up to the questioner to decide which solution they want. It's up to us to make sure that wrong/dangerous answers are labeled so.

If the goal is for you to become a better Perl programmer, just do what i did (well, short of getting a CompSci degree):

1. join Perlmonks (i see you have that accomplished) ;)
2. start answering questions (this is the scarey part)
3. repeat step #2 until your answers are deemed popular by the rest of us
4. contribute material (code, tutorials, etc.)
5. join a group (pmdev, editors, gods ...)
6. keep answering questions / contributing material

The problem with your suggestion is simply that someone has to mine the real requirements from it and then implement them. And that someone is not going to get paid or probably even widely recognized for their effort. This is why i recommend that everyone resist the temptation of 'suggesting improvements' until they can join the pmdev group. Then, you realize that the only problem with this site is that it tends to be a bit slow during high traffic hours.

jeffa

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