[geeks] pacing yourself (was: totally unrelated)

[alex j avriette]

> Hmmm. I will rephrase that to say that there are none local to me. I
> have no doubt there are some in the US, but I have yet to find a
> decent all around course locally that includes pieces on Unix, BSD,
> Linux, Solaris and a decent sampling of the hardware those run on.

there is no such thing. you have to learn one thing at a time. when i 
went to school to learn databases, i learned from a guy who hardly spoke 
english on ms windows / sql server. when i learned unix in school it was 
a byproduct of learning c and having unix machines around. i learned 
solaris at one job, linux at another, and now im back to solaris. but 
the most learning ive gotten has been at home, tinkering on one box or 
another. i dont want to get into an inventory thread again, but you and 
i have talked on irc. you have to figure out where you want to go in 
life and how much it means to you. i spent all last weekend putting 
hardware together and i'll be doing the same this weekend. i'm sure 
people here would be willing to give you accounts on machines -- i've 
got solaris, darwin, openbsd, and freebsd here, with irix coming this 
weekend. you complain a lot that nobody has provided you with everything 
you need to be "experienced" and "have knowledge." many of us have been 
doing this for > 10 years. you have to start somewhere, and you have to 
be dedicated.

baby steps.

alex