How to become an elite functional programmer.

fp-elitism.txt

level 1. Join #scala and explain you want to accomplish X, let #scala remind you that everything you 
         have done in life is wrong and you should feel bad
level 2. Retreat, read some FP resources and repeat from 1 until you feel you "get monads"
level 3. Join #scala, try to help someone else; get reminded that monads are not just container things.
         Repeat from 2 until you see the error of your ways.
level 4. Join #scala, tell people who are trying to help others that they are wrong;
         then while trying to make things right, 
         get reminded that everything you say can and will be disputed by level 5 people and up.
level 5. Dispute anything anyone says about monads, even if it takes bending the intended meaning of their words a little
level 6. Dispute anything anyone says. REMEMBER: nothing you say needs to be constructive: you are now on the top of the chain.
         When you find yourself in a corner, just hit them with category theory: it's *very* effective.