Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)

date posted 15th May 2007 17:18

Don't get me wrong - I try to help people that appear genuinly stuck
and have obviously tried. Someone asking "how do I change the date
format in php?" - read the 'kin manual!

I have often helped out off-list when I have had time. I can't
remember who it was for but I merged a backup copy of phpBB with a
live one. When I was done, I was told it couldn't be done. That was
fun! It's stuff like that where I like to help out.

On 15 May 2007 16:05:52 -0000, Matt Mitchell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 15 May 2007 16:55, Martin Wilkins wrote:
> > But there are a lot of posts that I don't think google could answer as well
> > as they can be on here like when a person is screwing over some code that
> > isn't working and the best option would be for someone with knowledge to
> > take a look first hand and see if they can figure it out.
>
> I think this is fair enough - if someone's tried to solve a problem before
> asking it always seems a lot more worthwhile helping!
>
> > You may call it lazy to use this forum for help rather than google but I
> > don't think so just use what you feel more comfortable with or which ever
> > you feel is a more reliable/successful place to get help.
>
> If the answer can be found by just googling, then surely asking in here
> instead isn't so much a question of what feels more comfortable, but rather
> getting someone else to expend the time and effort to solve it...
>
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