Hi, Andrew! On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:17:14 -0400, andrew.jarcho@xxxxxxxxx (Andrew Jarcho) wrote: >1) You're not stupid Let's hope. :-D >2) You're not too old to accomplish what you want to accomplish. >A couple of good books (preferably fairly short ones) by people who >know what they're talking about *and* know how to write should >help a great deal.'' That's what I'm hoping. :-) >Like you, I cut my programming teeth in BASIC stored on cassette >tape. My php skills are out of date, (probably of the same vintage >as yours), or I'd be able to recommend specific titles. I'm sure the >good people here can help you out with that. The most memorable part of that was -- first, I thought once it ran the way I wanted, it was *really* neet! Secondly -- I didn't realize it *had* to be stored on cassette tape -- and I thought how lame is THAT?! LOL! -- so I lost the first go-round. Was much easier the second time. :-D >I began studying programming seriously an about age 45. I'm 60 >now and always learning new things. OOP is not rocket science >(until you begin programming rockets); and I've had enough >exposure to mysqli and PDO and all the rest of the stuff you >mentioned to know they're learnable too. I'm thinking my rocket programming days are probably going to have to wait for my next life. :-D At this point, I'll just be happy when my converted queries are no longer a barf-fest for the poor server. :-D >Learning new and challenging stuff *should* make your head hurt, >sometimes. (Not your eyes bleed, though; you might want to >check that out :-) ). IMO, it's worth the temporary suffering for >the joy it brings when it all starts to make sense. Well, it does keep one from being able to read the error messages clearly. :-D There is a certain sense of satisfaction when it *does* work -- okay, a lot of "I'm the Queen of the WORLD!" happy dancing when it does work LOL! I'm just not used to feeling this . . . stupid. :-D Having gone from "read it, do it, move on" to "read it, do it, read it, read it, do it, read it again, read something else . . ." Well, you know. :-D >So, to make a long story a headache (as my father used to say), >being past 50 does change the *way* you learn. But it doesn't >rob you of the *ability* to learn. Get a couple of good books. >Give yourself a break. Take a day off now and then. And keep >in mind the fable of the old bull and the young bull. I like your Dad's saying -- tired of using "to make a long story long." I think I'll steal that. :-D And the old bull definitely had a bead on things! >Enjoy! Thanks for the feedback, Andrew. Very much appreciated -- and the giggles were handy, too. :-) -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
