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  1. Jun 26th, 2000, 07:03 PM #1
    tsc128
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    How do you guys have time to help out us amatures?
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  2. Jun 26th, 2000, 07:42 PM #2
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    That is a very good question. The answer will be very interesting. As I'm one of the amatures.
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  3. Jun 26th, 2000, 07:48 PM #3
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    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]
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  4. Jun 26th, 2000, 07:50 PM #4
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    Yer, corperate time does not obey the known laws of physics.
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  6. Jun 26th, 2000, 08:07 PM #5
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    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).
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  7. Jun 26th, 2000, 09:21 PM #6
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    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.
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  8. Jun 26th, 2000, 09:31 PM #7
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    I think freud would say something about yo' momma, which, I hope is not the case... hehehe
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  9. Jun 27th, 2000, 12:20 AM #8
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    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.
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  11. Jun 27th, 2000, 12:27 AM #9
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    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.
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  12. Jun 27th, 2000, 12:57 AM #10
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    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.

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  13. Jun 27th, 2000, 01:38 AM #11
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    Talking

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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