[Sussex] New kid on the block

[Steve Dobson]

Paul

On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 06:12:41PM +0000, Richie Jarvis wrote:
> Paul Shepard wrote:
> >I am pleased that Nik invited me to the SLUG meeting in January and 
> >good to meet the core members, it proved to be the right day to get 
> >the ball rolling for me.
> >The talk on Blogging and the following discussions gave me much needed 
> >incentive to start putting words in print.
> >I am very keen to help promote the concept of Open Source Software and 
> >wish to learn all I can about Linux and the advantages it can offer.
> >But please, if you are up there with the geek fraternity, be gentle 
> >with me. I am not stupid, and I have reasonable Windows knowledge 
> >behind me but I don't want to be left in the cold while you talk code. 
> >If some discussions are a little less technical I will keep up and 
> >this will encourage new members to stay the course.
> >I look forward to the next meeting which I believe is 22nd Feb, and 
> >hope to see you there.
> 
> One thing about geeks (at least true ones I have met anyway!) is you 
> should never, ever be scared of asking questions - you might get told to 
> RTFM (this isn't bad btw - at least you will know where to find the 
> answer then :) ), you might get the answer, or you might start a 
> discussion to find the answer, but you won't be laughed at!  This is the 
> way we all learn, and feed off each other.
> 
> And, of course, there is nothing a geek likes more than showing others 
> how to do it, so take advantage!  Its all about learning at the end of 
> the day.

I have to agree with Richie.  I would much rather be treated as more of an
expert than I am in any field.  If you treat some one as unknowledgeable
then there is a tendency to talk down to them.  I can't think of many 
things less polite that belittling them.

See you at the next meeting
Steve
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