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Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing?

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On 09/04/2014 01:02, alex23 wrote:
> On 9/04/2014 3:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> My code would make for terrible PHP. :)
>
> Don't feel bad about that. It's a truism for every language, including PHP.

Yep.  And the worst thing about terrible code is when you first realise 
just how bad it is and wonder why you wrote it like that in the first place.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-04-08 17:19 +0000
  Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-08 17:25 +0000
    Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-09 03:36 +1000
  Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-09 03:29 +1000
    Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-04-09 10:02 +1000
      Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-04-09 09:55 +0100
        Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-04-10 10:41 +1000

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