When I began to use Google spreadsheets and scripts, I found the Google Group Help forum (which does not exist anymore) an invaluable source of information and help, so I asked dozens of questions—some of them very basic and naive—and always got answers.

After a while, since I was spending hours on this forum reading about every post I found, I began to answer too. I was so proud of being able to answer a question!

It was almost like passing an examination; I knew that one of the experts there was going to read what I wrote and evaluate my knowledge; quite stressful but also satisfying when you don't fail!

So after a couple of months I gained my first level point (on the Google Group forum, there are no reputation points but levels, starting from 1 for new arriving members up to TC (Top Contributors), whose level is unknown but is generally more than 15 or 20; anyway, that's not important).

That little story is just a way to encourage any beginner...