Submission + - newbie coder
Anonymous Coward writes: "I have been in the IT field ever since the onset of 1 way cable modems, 10 years later I look at my resume filled with candy that any IT recruiter would love to market. I currently am employed at one of the world's largest E-Commerce firms. I have no real world experience when it comes to creating programs. The only thing I have relatively done is code up a generic script to run Cramer's Law in my Trig/Calc class. (And no I didn't steal it, via Ti-82 comm cable) I wrote it myself. My company is primarily Perl based when it comes to writing utilities. However, Perl is unique in that, there are many ways to do one thing. Which honestly is great to hear, but I have been told that this can form bad habits. (IE sloppy code) I need to learn Perl as a method to propel myself at work and in general linux administration. Should I learn another scripting language first? (Bash?, Tcl?) Sure this opens up a great world of debate. Please if any contact is send explain why to run a specific path. For other's that are learning, and have gotten proficient what worked for you? I have been staring at an O'Reilly's manual and still feel left in cold dark world of not knowing perl."
