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Re:Ask HN: Learning 2 Hack - For the very first time. With a... by callahad on Monday November 16, 2009 @04:48PM (#945366)
It really helps to have people to whom you can direct questions as you learn.

Do you have any friends that are developers? People generally enjoy when someone takes a genuine interest in their field. Perhaps ask politely if any of them would mind occasional IMs as you work your way through things.

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Re:Ask HN: Learning 2 Hack - For the very first time. With a... by biz2hack on Monday November 16, 2009 @07:02PM (#945615)
Actually, no...unfortunately. I think while I am at the Hacker dojo, I'll make some more friends as I'm here. But that's a great idea, I just hope to make some friends that will tolerate questions that are rather basic..
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Re:Ask HN: Learning 2 Hack - For the very first time. With a... by ruby_roo on Monday November 16, 2009 @07:38PM (#945671)
Alternatively, get your hands on a free IRC client and hang around #ruby and #rubyonrails on irc.freenode.net.

Hit or miss, at times, but being able to chat live with real Ruby and Rails programmers is pretty helpful.

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