Wow. Thank you! That's quite a complement, and I'm grateful.
I should point out that much of what I say - or write about - are from conversations with my colleagues. I just happen to be the most vocal among us :)
I'm not sure (and I'm not complaining about the publicity :)) - but this is the third time we've made it to HN. Yes, RubyMonk was launched in August 2011, so we've been around for over a year.
Thanks for the feedback (I work at C42 Engineering, the programmers collective behind RubyMonk).
I'd never heard of Perl Monks before you mentioned it - it's something we'll keep in mind. I'm not sure how it will influence us, but it's good to know.
Try http://RubyMonk.com and let us know what you think. In it's current setup, the content is not intended for non-programmers, but we'd love the feedback.
The problem is that the underlying message implies that the Mayor of NYC can be gainfully employed as a programmer after a year of solving code snippets. Which is BS and very misleading. More at http://blog.sidu.in/2012/05/everyone-should-learn-programmin...
A fundamental grouse I have with the "Learn programming" meme is that it encourages the myth that you can be gainfully employed as a programmer after solving code snippets for a year. I've written this out in greater detail at http://blog.sidu.in/2012/05/everyone-should-learn-programmin...
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