Saw this blog post from 2005 about identifying your skill level in any programming language, the post still remains relevant and hits the points right on. Author stated it would take you 10 years to become an expert programmer, but that I think is debatable which is the only thing I don’t agree with his post.

Which skill level do you think you have?

Quoted from procata.com

Level 1: Beginner

* Little or no previous experience
* Doesn’t want to learn: wants to accomplish a goal
* No discretionary judgement
* Rigid adherence to rules

Level 2: Advanced Beginner

* Starts trying tasks on their own
* Has difficulty troubleshooting
* Wants information fast
* Can place some advice in context required
* Uses guidelines, but without holisitic understanding

Level 3: Competent

* Develops conceptual models
* Troubleshoots on their own
* Seeks out expert advice
* Sees actions at least partially in terms of long-term plans and goals

Level 4: Proficient

* Guided by maxims applied to the current situation
* Sees situations holistically
* Will self-correct based on previous performance
* Learns from the experience of others
* Frustrated by oversimplified information

Level 5: Expert

* No longer relies on rules, guidelines, or maxims
* Works primarily from intuition
* Analytic approaches only used in novel situations or when problems occur
* When forced to follow set rules, performance is degraded

If you are going to freelance and want to work at home, you really need a private space so you can work efficiently. Early this year we had our room renovated, I was using our room for several years as an office and along with that are the irks that easily takes away your focus on you work like the TV, the kids, people coming in and out of the room, your stuffs keeps getting unorganize no matter how hard you try to keep them organize, always looking for something that you need but can never find it.

So when we had our room renovated, we have this closet room which is also the entrance to the bathroom which I also had renovated to be my office. I had the large built in cabinet removed and made space for my stuffs. Bought a USB wireless LAN so less cables and wires. Now all my things are a little bit more organized, I know where to find stuffs I need.

This is where I do all my works

Sad news. I’m a fan from the very start. Rest in Peace bro.