The Point at Which You Become a "Pro"

As in, what makes someone a lua pro? (or just a programming pro in general) Do they have to make X, or help Y amount of people? I had a hard time coming up with this myself, what are your opinions?

I don't see a specific point that you can say, "Oh, well now I believe I can start telling people what do do because I have made X number of posts on the forums."
It's more like, "Well, I feel confident enough to start giving advice on the things I feel I know well enough."
It's not really easy to discern when you can really become a Pro, just when you are able to confidently provide accurate assistance.

If you mean the Pro Coder title for the forums (which means nothing), I think it's 400 posts.

I don't like to think of it like that at all. to me no-one is a Lua pro. when I am discussing something with someone whether they are a pro does not matter to me, what matters is whether they know something about the subject that I don't

if they are new to Lua they still may come up with great ideas

KaoS, on 01 January 2013 - 07:23 PM said:

I don't like to think of it like that at all. to me no-one is a Lua pro. when I am discussing something with someone whether they are a pro does not matter to me, what matters is whether they know something about the subject that I don't

if they are new to Lua they still may come up with great ideas

You know, I do agree with that. I often think someone is a Super-Pro when someone knows something about a subject that I am completely oblivious to.(which is most of the time)

Someone is a pro if they do it professionally.

Mikeemoo, on 02 January 2013 - 04:42 AM said:

Someone is a pro if they do it professionally.

I agree but disagree. I would put it as "Someone is a Pro if they are capable of doing it professionally." Lots of people are Pro's on these forums, but I bet most, if not all, do not program in Lua for a living.

To be a lua pro: Know everything and anything in lua xD

I think that you become a pro when everyone else starts calling you a pro.

Also, lieudusty: That miiight not be everything. You might know how to use a function or such, but you might not know the most effecient way to do X or a faster way of doing Y. also, do I sound incoherent?

Like, pro is a state of mind man. You don't become pro, you become one with the pro!

Some of us are lucky enough to be born pro :D/>

Others have taken a ride in the pro-a-tron. It's like taking a ride in a washing machine, only less painful, and you get lathered in delicious frothy pro instead of bitter tangy soap. omnomnom

As a last resort, there is professional brand pro inserts! Insert one now, and enjoy the fresh clean feeling of pro all day!
(External use only, batteries not included, if pro is accidentally splashed in eyes wash with water and contact a poison control center immediately, if pro lasts for more than six hours straight consult your doctor, may cause discoloration, odds of results statistically unlikely.)

So, dissy's gone mad. :D/>

Computing pro:

Can you count to 20 for me?
Twen… ty? You mean like 10100?

tiin57: Naa I haven't gone mad, I made mad come to me. With the price of gas these days, it's only sensible. Not to mention my gps trying to kill me. "Just drive off this bridge, you'll like it!" pft, like I'm going to fall for that again.

RunasSudo: Reminds me of Futurama's The Honking
"0101100101? What does that mean?"
"Nothing, it's just gibberish." *Sees number in mirror* "1010011010!?!? AHHHhhhh!!"
<3

You become a pro when this happens:
Teacher: What is 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626
You: 0110001 0110100 0110011 0111000 0110111 0111001 0110111 0110011 0110111 0110001 0110010 0101110 0111001 0111001 0111000 0110111

lieudusty, on 03 January 2013 - 04:53 PM said:

You become a pro when this happens:
Teacher: What is 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626
You: 0110001 0110100 0110011 0111000 0110111 0111001 0110111 0110011 0110111 0110001 0110010 0101110 0111001 0111001 0111000 0110111

Sorry to be a nerd but the actual answer to 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626 in binary is 1010101 1100001 0010011 1000111 011 and not 0110001 0110100 0110011 0111000 0110111 0111001 0110111 0110011 0110111 0110001 0110010 0101110 0111001 0111001 0111000 0110111

lieudusty, on 03 January 2013 - 04:53 PM said:

You become a pro when this happens:
Teacher: What is 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626
You: 0110001 0110100 0110011 0111000 0110111 0111001 0110111 0110011 0110111 0110001 0110010 0101110 0111001 0111001 0111000 0110111

No, you become a pro when this happens:
Teacher: What is 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626
You: Four? Five? Seven? What wonderful words you make up!

Loki, on 03 January 2013 - 06:44 PM said:

lieudusty, on 03 January 2013 - 04:53 PM said:

You become a pro when this happens:
Teacher: What is 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626
You: 0110001 0110100 0110011 0111000 0110111 0111001 0110111 0110011 0110111 0110001 0110010 0101110 0111001 0111001 0111000 0110111

Sorry to be a nerd but the actual answer to 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626 in binary is 1010101 1100001 0010011 1000111 011 and not 0110001 0110100 0110011 0111000 0110111 0111001 0110111 0110011 0110111 0110001 0110010 0101110 0111001 0111001 0111000 0110111

That's OK, a nerd would answer correctly in binary while also arguing pi is wrong use tau instead, all while making a star trek joke.
So I'm sure we're safe. Or most of us. Er some? Well a few anyway.

Loki, on 03 January 2013 - 06:44 PM said:

Sorry to be a nerd but the actual answer to 4579834275 * 3.1415926535897932384626 in binary is 1010101 1100001 0010011 1000111 011 and not 0110001 0110100 0110011 0111000 0110111 0111001 0110111 0110011 0110111 0110001 0110010 0101110 0111001 0111001 0111000 0110111

No, it's actually
00000011 01011001 10010111 00001110 01010000 [decimal point] 00110110 00100100 01000010 00011101 11111010 00100000 00111010 00000000 00000000

RunasSudo, on 03 January 2013 - 06:55 PM said:

No, it's actually
00000011 01011001 10010111 00001110 01010000 [decimal point] 00110110 00100100 01000010 00011101 11111010 00100000 00111010 00000000 00000000

I don't think that's in proper IEEE 754 notation ;P

dissy, on 03 January 2013 - 06:58 PM said:

I don't think that's in proper IEEE 754 notation ;P

I'm a math nerd, not a "Electrical and Electronics Engineer".