This is how I learned Haskell. I literally went to #haskell on freenode and asked &quot;hey so what&#x27;s this all about&quot;, and many veterans of the community helped me get my feet wet.<p>I&#x27;m not sure what kind of toxic communities and work environments you are apart of, but if a newbie to the community can&#x27;t ask questions, that&#x27;s not a community that will survive or flourish in the long run.