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RE: Newbies - Dont forget to do your penance ;-)
- To: <openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
- Subject: RE: Newbies - Dont forget to do your penance ;-)
- From: "Theodore Reph" <ted@reph.org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:42:30 -0600
- Importance: Normal
- In-reply-to: <629B35334AC03A45B871F3CCDA94160916E2C8@is1.webservices.internet-stuff.com>
Jim:
You left out the point that by instructing others, you teach yourself more
about the subject.
Theodore Reph
treph@att.net
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[mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of Jim C
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:59 AM
To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Newbies - Dont forget to do your penance ;-)
Some folks get on these lists and get what they need answered and then
leave and don't return. This, in my opinion is a very poor practice.
Once I get to a point where I know what I am doing, I make it a point to
stick around and answer what questions I can for a period of at least a
year. I also may write one or more extremely detailed template how-to
email for things that gave me a lot of trouble. Anyway, even if they
are not tough questions, it relieves the experts to answer the tough
questions. After being a student it is only polite to help out the
teachers. I call this, "Doing A Newbie Penance" and I feel it
exemplifies a "best practice" for any opensource user/administrator.
Some of the help that we get is quite valuable and this always seemed a
reasonable way to help "pay" for opensource.
I've also found that occasionally there is some tidbit of functionality
or a neat-o trick that I've missed somewhere along the way that crops up
in conversation. Usually it comes from one of the experts but even
students sometimes have something to teach. ;-)