How do you guys have time to help out us amatures?
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How do you guys have time to help out us amatures?
That is a very good question. The answer will be very interesting. As I'm one of the amatures.
Vb is a great development environment. It allows you to develop at tremendous speed. Fortunately my manager lives in a mainframe world and is used to thinking in months where I think in hours. That leaves me a lot of spare time.
Unfortunately I'm not a guru, so it's of not much use to you.
(All of a sudden the disadvantage of using my own name occurs to me).
[Edited by LAURENS on 06-27-2000 at 09:22 AM]
Yer, corperate time does not obey the known laws of physics.
Not a Guru yet, but i thought i would post a reply anyway.
Why have i got time to help you guys out? In my case work is progressing slowly. Before i can move on, work has to be finished on the COM objects my GUI uses. So i have a bit of free time.
Besides that i like to help people out. It is great to know that you have managed to solve someones problem. Besides which, everyone starts out as a beginner, and i once needed help as well.
As is often stated "The best way to learn, is to teach". This is true of VB and this forum as well. I myself have learnt an awful lot from just helping people out. If i see a problem that intrigues me, i will try and solve it, even if i have never done anything like that before. (Bar the API, i keep well away from that). This means that i have learnt a lot in areas of VB that i don't use at work.
You keep asking and i'll keep answering (if i can).;)
Agree with Iain, you help people probably just because that's what you want, I thought that people needed to post to be heard but it's not the case, you have a inner mechanism that produces a good feeling when you help someone, i'm not sure how it works but Freud knows.
I think freud would say something about yo' momma, which, I hope is not the case... hehehe
I am not a guru, but I dont have a job, I dont have a girlfriend anymore, school is out for the summer,
I am BORED!
so I am on here about 10 or more hours a day.. plenty of time to help ;)
basicly I dont have alife.
I have a lot of free time on my hands and my life is really routined so I usually stop here to help people for an hour or so a day.
I'm also not a guru, and because of my spare time, it will take a while to get one to. But when I have some time left (in my free time, since I just can't find any time at work) I enjoy reading some questions on this forum. And if I know the answer, I usualy post it. If I don't, I might learn something myselve, by reading the answers others give.
P.S.
I just passed the 70-100 exam yesterday. I'm half way to MCSD now. :D
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And because I know how to post smileys now, here is one for you... :D