[Delhi-pm] [Bangalore-pm] The Rising Costs of Aging Perlers

[Pradeep Pant]

Article is indeed good. Well researched and very  true  L 

 

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Great recommendation, loved it.

On 23 July 2013 14:00, Chankey Pathak <chankey007 at gmail.com> wrote:

I just read
http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-per
lers-part-1-the-data/ and felt sad. I would like to recommend this article
to everyone.

 

"Regardless, after seeing these numbers I'm convinced that the practitioners
of Perl are aging and not enough junior developers are being created to
sustain the language as a going concern in the development world. What's
worse, Perl does not appear to have any sort of succession plan. It's
turning into the Shakers of the software development world: attempting to
rely on conversion for proliferation rather than on reproduction."

 

Brasseur gave some nice suggestions in the end which IMO should be followed
by a Perl lover:
http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-per
lers-part-3-the-suggestions/

 

Quoting from his article: 

 

Make cool shit. Talk about it. Talk about it A LOT. What little positive
image Perl retains in these modern times is primarily limited to making
sysadmin/dev ops lives easier. While this is a worthy and admirable
accomplishment, it's not going to turn any heads. People will (and do) not
want to learn a language with a stodgy reputation. The best way to shed that
reputation is to use the language to develop cutting edge tools and
services, then to shout it from the mountain tops.

 

-- 
Regards,

Chankey Pathak


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