[teh_klev]

Don't be intimidated. I've got 30 years of being in the business of software development, telecoms, networking etc under my belt and every day there's still something new to learn, sometimes too many new things :) Also don't be frightened to ask about things you don't understand, I find the folks around here are generally quite an affable bunch.

[DigitalJack]

The trick is figuring out what you don't know to ask the question in the first place. Often not trivial.

It helps to try to tackle a project that you don't already know how to accomplish. Then the Q&A can work like a reverse dictionary. You know the answer, and work backwards to find the question. Every stumbling block is a question to ask.