Re: Perl Apprenticeship Program

2000-12-05 Thread Casey R. Tweten
Today around 11:55am, David Grove hammered out this masterpiece: : Don't miss the point. I'm not proposing to look for masters using : brainbench, but for viable apprentices that way. Basic Perl skill seems a : certian criterium for candidacy, as would basic c skill for some areas. : I've also

Re: Perl Apprenticeship Program

2000-12-05 Thread Steve Fink
David Grove wrote: Also, as far as documentation goes, I think it _should_ be written by apprentices, so that non-masters can understand it too. That's always been a huge criticism of the perldocs. That's not grunt work. That's proper allocation of duties to the best suited personnel for the

Re: Tech documentation (Re: Perl Apprenticeship Program)

2000-12-05 Thread David Grove
Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Fink wrote: David Grove wrote: Anyways, that's just one suggestion. Do I have any idea where to find these mythical people? No, unfortunately. Perhaps some feelers on newsgroups might be a good place to start. Personal experience

Re: Perl Apprenticeship Program

2000-12-05 Thread David Grove
B. The "master" / "apprentice" relationship is just that - it depends how the people in question relate. As a potential "master" I am all too aware that I am not skilled in teaching - usually because I don't know what is obvious vs what is obscure - so anyone "taught" by me

Re: Tech documentation (Re: Perl Apprenticeship Program)

2000-12-05 Thread Kirrily Skud Robert
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:28:31AM -0800, Nathan Wiger wrote: Anyways, that's just one suggestion. Do I have any idea where to find these mythical people? No, unfortunately. Perhaps some feelers on newsgroups might be a good place to start. Personal experience shows that this could be a

Re: Perl Apprenticeship Program

2000-12-05 Thread David Grove
Kirrily Skud Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:05:43AM -0800, Steve Fink wrote: David Grove wrote: Also, as far as documentation goes, I think it _should_ be written by apprentices, so that non-masters can understand it too. That's always been a