How you came about...

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Re: How you came about... by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Dec 19, 2005 at 15:39 UTC
I remember it well. There was a Slashdot article in 2000 (which I can't seem to find right now) about Erudil's Camel Code. I was so blown away by it that I decided to lurk around the site for a while, and I've been here since. Now I can say, "Been there, done that, got the t-shirt". Do not rebuke them with harsh words ... but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.	[reply]
Re^2: How you came about... by sub_chick (Hermit) on Dec 20, 2005 at 04:52 UTC
The funny thing here is that I just received that shirt in the mail on friday...and if you're wondering I chose to get it in forest green :) I am also surprised at how much I visit perlmonks...I honestly feel at home here. Moreso, than anywhere else. "Es gibt mehr zu Leben als Bücher, kennen Sie. Aber nicht viel mehr " -(Der Smiths)	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 19, 2005 at 15:28 UTC
How you came about... My sister lies over the ocean, My brother lies over the sea, My daddy lay over my mummy, and that's how they got little me. If I remember correctly I did a Google search, though I cannot remember the search criteria I used. I seem to recall scanning several referrences, and this one won out because it seemed most tolorant of beginners. I'm very glad I found it, though a few others may be less pleased ;) Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^2: How you came about... by jonix (Friar) on Dec 20, 2005 at 21:56 UTC
Thanks, catchy tune ;) Google here too.	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Dec 19, 2005 at 14:14 UTC
I think I found it while searching the Google USENET archives for help with DBI code; someone had a link in their post pointing to a PM SOPW node that described almost the exact problem. I joined immediately. ;-) <-radiant.matrix-> A collection of thoughts and links from the minds of geeks The Code that can be seen is not the true Code "In any sufficiently large group of people, most are idiots" - Kaa's Law	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by adrianh (Chancellor) on Dec 19, 2005 at 14:19 UTC
You might find Why I learn a language. and How long have you been using Perl? of interest :-)	[reply]
Re^2: How you came about... by sub_chick (Hermit) on Dec 19, 2005 at 16:31 UTC
Thanks for the nodes, i do find these of interest as well :) "Es gibt mehr zu Leben als Bücher, kennen Sie. Aber nicht viel mehr " -(Der Smiths)	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Dec 19, 2005 at 16:23 UTC
I was recommended this site by davorg, in a London.pm tech talk he was giving about NMS. -- Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree. Your powers of persuasion will set them all free, So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? (Missquoting Janis Joplin)	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by cog (Parson) on Dec 19, 2005 at 15:22 UTC
I found perlmonks when somebody on use.perl mentioned it there. And now I hope somebody finds use.perl through this entry :-)	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 19, 2005 at 16:00 UTC
"How you came about..." I called out, "Ready about!", and a few moments later called, "Helm's alee!" while pushing the tiller hard to starboard. Quickly the boat came about and we took on a new course. How I discovered PerlMonks was through reading posts to comp.lang.perl.misc. Upon visiting here, I discovered a site with helpful individuals, a site with personality, and a site that welcomed me. Dave	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by domm (Chaplain) on Dec 19, 2005 at 19:13 UTC
During YAPC::Europe 2001 in Amsterdam I somehow ended up in a chinese restaurant together with a lot of perl people. It seemed to be a "perlmonks-BOF", whatever that is... Anyway, while waiting for our main courses somebody said: "All saints stand up" and several people stood up. They then continued this game while counting from 10 backwards. I was last to stand up when somebody said "And who hasn't got an account". I joined the day after (from the lab, as I didn't have wireless back then) (BTW, my 100th write-up. Great timing..) `-- #!/usr/bin/perl for(ref bless{},just'another'perl'hacker){s-:+-$"-g&&print$_.$/}` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How you came about... by phaylon (Curate) on Dec 19, 2005 at 14:01 UTC
IIRC I searched the net for 'PERL' (yea, that's right!) about 8 years ago after getting confused by my own line noise. I think my codestyle is a bit better now, I think .. ;) Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by grantm (Parson) on Dec 19, 2005 at 23:02 UTC
I became PM public enemy number one on April 1 2002. After receiving an email saying "they're talking about you here", I created my account on April 2 2002. Hopefully I have atoned for my sins, since then.	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Dec 19, 2005 at 15:50 UTC
Corion, mdupont and demerphq all told me I had to use this. Convincing, innit? Cheerio, Sören	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by Spidy (Chaplain) on Dec 19, 2005 at 17:32 UTC
My Perl Guru, Jimbobbob, couldn't figure out something I was having trouble with, or had no experience with what I was doing(it was one of the two). He suggested I come here. My Website Get Eated!	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by jimbus (Friar) on Dec 19, 2005 at 14:49 UTC
Google search, here I've used pearl here and there for years, but nothing serious. My current job put me in the position of trying to parse log files and after much aggravation with shell scripting, I decided to go for Perl. I'd been a consultant for years and after a long time of trying to marry different technologies, I've become dependant on google for technical solutions... good for getting things done quickly, but not good for learning anything other than bad habits. One of my searches dumped me here and as I had opportunity to more than scratch the surface of a technology or language, I've spent more and more time here... much to everyone's chargrin :) Never moon a werewolf!	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by reneeb (Chaplain) on Dec 20, 2005 at 02:58 UTC
I don't know exactly how I found the perlmonks, maybe somebody of Frankfurt.pm told me about this monastry or I found it in the Google-search...	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by Errto (Vicar) on Dec 20, 2005 at 04:13 UTC
I used to occasionally hear from ChemBoy about interesting discussions or articles here, so I poked my head around. The odd part was how long it was between when I started lurking here and when I was actually using Perl for real projects.	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by dave0 (Friar) on Dec 20, 2005 at 04:33 UTC
I can't quite recall, but I think it was someone at the (now defunct) Ottawa.pm group who pointed me in this direction. Speaking of... any Ottawa residents interested in reviving the Perl Mongers group?	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by spiritway (Vicar) on Dec 20, 2005 at 05:48 UTC
I got wind of this site from the perl.com Website. I had Perl in my Linux distro, and had no idea how to make it go. Perl.com linked to here, and I found this to be the most useful resource for learning Perl. Not only do the monks here answer questions I have, they also ask questions that it never occurred to me to ask. That's just as important, IMNSHO.	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by Moriarty (Abbot) on Dec 20, 2005 at 05:40 UTC
I came here after I was given some Perl code to maintain. I figured if I was going to have to maintain this code I had better learn the lingo, so I did a search for "Perl tutorial" and found this place. Since then, I've been berated, pushed over a waterfall and harrassed for the crimes of my namesake.	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by GrandFather (Saint) on Dec 20, 2005 at 06:36 UTC
In various guises this question comes up fairly often here. A few of my past answers to related questions are to be found here, here and here. The bottom line is that I can't quite remember how I found PerlMonks, but I have met up with some pretty neat and knowledgeable people here. At this stage I think I may be giving back slightly more than I'm getting, but I'm still learning a lot and don't see that stopping. I haven't yet met any other monks in person what with being at the far end of the world from most of you, but if you ever venture to New Zealand put Dunedin on your inventory and let me know you are comming. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by McDarren (Abbot) on Dec 20, 2005 at 06:38 UTC
I'd been aware of PM for quite some time before I actually visited here (a cow-orker had mentioned the site). However, I had a perception that it was some sort of exclusive club for "l33t" Perl hackers - and as such I had no business being here :) Then one evening I was working late at the office and found myself stuck with one particular problem. Normally I would ask one of my cow-orkers for advice, but on this occassion there was nobody around. And then I remembered that my cow-orker had mentioned that PerlMonks would help out with Perl-related problems (well, duh!). And so came my first post. That was only a few months ago, but I have no doubt that since then I have learned much much more about Perl (and the Perl community in general) than I had in the previous 3 years :) Update: heh, I just noticed that domm posted his 100th node in this thread. And by co-incidence, this is also my 100th node :)	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by zentara (Cardinal) on Dec 20, 2005 at 12:17 UTC
To be honest....I don't remember. I must have clicked something somewhere. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by gentooian (Initiate) on Dec 21, 2005 at 07:49 UTC
I stumbled onto this site while browsing google for some perl scripts. But it was not until recently I became more interested in perl and started to check out this site more. Hopefully I will become more familiar with this great community.	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by blazar (Canon) on Dec 20, 2005 at 10:00 UTC
My first approach to Perl. How has been yours? Briefly: [Pp]erl => clpmisc => PM. Because clpmisc had become too much of a time sink, and I had to leave it. So PM is now the time sink, but less so. Sort of... ;-)	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by doctor_moron (Scribe) on Dec 20, 2005 at 09:24 UTC
I can't remember, maybe I found this from google	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by g0n (Priest) on Dec 20, 2005 at 11:48 UTC
In a fit of vanity, I googled my first CPAN module about a week after uploading it. Google had indexed this thread referring to it. I set up a user account to reply. At the time, I was on a project where work was sporadic, but one had to be seen to be at ones desk. So I got into the habit (pun intended) of spending time at perlmonks. This became a self reinforcing habit as I found so much that was new and interesting, and got help from so many smart people. Finally, IIRC, I clicked on a homenode button, typed in the CB to explain, got into conversation, and got hooked there too. -------------------------------------------------------------- "If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing." John Brunner, "The Shockwave Rider".	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by mikeock (Hermit) on Dec 20, 2005 at 20:20 UTC
Recomendation of a fellow co -worker. She used to troll around here but once she realized she could not code, she went back to her WOW sites!	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by Courage (Parson) on Dec 21, 2005 at 07:14 UTC
in year 2000 I followed here from perl5porters ML, and became regular visitor since that. My initial id vkonovalov was boring, so I changed it. Best regards, Courage, the Cowardly Dog	[reply]
Re: How you came about... by ZlR (Chaplain) on Dec 21, 2005 at 15:05 UTC
I first found the site in 2001, probably from google when I was reading "learning perl" . Much later I was doing some windows perl programming so I signed in and asked this question because I was in a complete dead end. I got such a great answer that I decided to hang out some more in the monastery !	[reply]


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