On 2-12-2009 10:41, Invisible wrote:

>> What you've demonstrated here is a fair amount of skill.  Experience 
>> comes with time.  Nobody leaves school or their first job with massive 
>> amounts of experience.
> 
> Well Warp seems fairly convinced that I'm a rubbish programmer 

I am not sure how he could say that (or even if he did) from the small 
snippets of code that you posted. I think there are many sides to a 
programmer, I'd rather not judge them just based on some lines they wrote.

> - and, AFAIK, he's the only person here who writes programs for a living. 

Which mainly shows that you don't really pay attention to what other 
people say. ;)

> My total inability to spell properly is the stuff of legend. 

Mainly because you forget to use and/or install a spelling checker. 
Again writing has many more sides than spelling alone.

> I'm pretty 
> hopeless with mathematics too... What makes you think I have skills?

At least you are trying.

>> Bingo, that's my point.  Some people can't expect to be employed near 
>> where they live because where they live may not be near the jobs 
>> they're able to do.
> 
> Erm... like I say, I don't know of anybody who had to move just to find 
> work.

Is that not simply equivalent to: 'I don't know anybody'?

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