On 02/27/2012 06:23 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
programming is not being able to write a hundred lines of unreadable
perl.
a real programmer can be productive in networking tools in a matter of a
month or two. i have seen it multiple times.
a networker can become a useful real progammer in a year or three.
I agree. Programmers aren't born understanding some fields and not
others. In my case, I didn't have a clue about networking coming out
of school but picked it up because I thought it was neat, and there
was something intoxicating about the smell of the printed out RFC's.
Mike, weird i know