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Re: Enlightenment and Frustrationby lin0 (Curate) |
on Apr 26, 2007 at 17:46 UTC ( [id://612237]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Hi chexmix, I understand your frustration. I sometimes feel the same when I do not fully understand the topic at hand. I will give you my 2 cents advice hoping that it will help you. First, you need to find something practical that you want to accomplish. In other words, you need to find purpose. It could be that you want to develop a game (such as Racing Mice with Language::Logo - MouseRace.pm) or you want to track stocks (as in Get US stock tables from WSJ) , or you want to write a cool obfuscation (like the one in Genetic Code). Whatever it is you want to do with Perl, it is a good idea to have a purpose in mind. Having a purpose will simplify things because you can focus on what you need to learn to accomplish your goal. This will keep you motivated and will help you find immediate use for what you are learning. Once you achieve your initial goal, you might want to expand your horizon adding new goals and learning new things that will help you accomplish those goals. Finally, I encourage you to have a look at the following nodes for some useful ideas: Cheers! lin0
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