[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: When does one leave noobie status?? (Richard Geoffrion)

[Kyle Davenport]

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 This is old unix humor from http://terhune.net/jokes/se10006.html.   Sorry
to cut and paste so much, but it's an amusing read.  Someone has surely
updated it for Linux.

 The Unix Hierarchy (The Eight Stages of Unix Knowledge)

     Name            Description and features

     beginner        - insecure with the concept of a terminal
                     - has yet to learn the basics of vi
                     - has not figured out how to get a directory
                     - still has trouble with typing
                       after each line of input

     novice          - knows tha "ls" will produce a directory
                     - uses the editor, but calls it "vye"
                     - has heard of "C" but never used it
                     - has had his first bad experience with rm
                     - is wondering how to read his mail
                     - is wondering why the person next to him
                       seems to like Unix so very much.

     user            - uses vi and nroff, but inexpertly
                     - has heard of regular-expr.s but never seen one.
                     - has figured out that "-" precedes options
                     - has attempted to write a C program and has
                       decided to stick with pascal
                     - is wondering how to move a directory
                     - thinks that dbx is a brand of stereo component
                     - knows how to read his mail and is wondering
                       how to read the news

     knowlegable user     - uses nroff with no trouble, and is beginning to
learn tbl and eqn
                     - uses grep to search for fixed strings
                     - has figured out that mv(1) will move directories
                     - has learned that "help" doesn't help
                     - somebody has shown him how to write C programs
                     - once used sed to do some text substitution
                     - has seen dbx used but does not use it himself
                     - thinks that make is a only for wimps

     expert          - uses sed when necessary
                     - uses macro"s in vi, uses ex when neccesary
                     - posts news at every possible opportunity
                     - write csh scripts occasionally
                     - write C programs using vi and compiles with cc
                     - has figured out what "&&" and "||" are for
                     - thinks that human history started with "!h"

     hacker          - uses sed and awk with comfort
                     - uses undocumented features of vi
                     - write C code with "cat >" and compiles with "!cc"
                     - uses adb because he doesn't trust source debuggers
                     - can answer questions about the user environment
                     - writes his own nroff  macros  to  supplement  std.
ones
                     - write scripts for Bourne shell (/bin/sh)
                     - knows how to install bug fixes

     guru            - uses m4 and lex with comfort
                     - writes assembly code with "cat >"
                     - uses adb on the kernel while system is loaded
                     - customizes utilities by patching the source
                     - reads device driver source with his breakfast
                     -  can  answer  any  unix  question  after  a little
thought
                     - uses make for anything that requires two or more
                       distinct commands to achieve
                     - has learned how to breach security but no longer
                       needs to try

     wizard          - writes device drivers with "cat >"
                     - fixes bugs by patching the binaries
                     - can answer any question before you ask
                     - writes his own troff macro packages
                     - is on first-name basis with Dennis, Bill, and Ken