[DFW.pm] Should I take a Perl job?

S Z zappepcs at gmail.com
Thu Sep 8 20:39:51 PDT 2011


Stuart,
Are you still looking?

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Stuart Johnston <saj at thecommune.net> wrote:

> As someone who has recently tried to hire Perl developers, I'd say there
> are more jobs than there are qualified candidates. When I posted to this
> list about the opening, I got *one* response. You also see companies like
> Booking.com who are willing to relocate people from all over the world in
> order to get good Perl developers.
>
>
>
>
> On 09/08/2011 08:40 PM, Chris Brown wrote:
>
>> Where are all these Perl jobs at? Usually when I find anyone who wants
>> Perl it's secondary to something else. I've spent the last 5 years doing
>> PHP :(
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> 2011/9/8 Steven Novakovich <steven_novakovich at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:steven_novakovich@**yahoo.com <steven_novakovich at yahoo.com>>>
>>
>>
>>    I, too, have done quite a bit of Java in the past decade or so.
>>    But I can't stand Java, so I took a gig doing Perl. Am now
>>    finishing-up a complete re-write of a legacy Perl
>>    application...moved it to object-oriented.
>>    If you like what you're doing, it makes all the difference.
>>    Java programmers are a dime a dozen...if you also can say you've
>>    done some major projects using Perl and OOP (and/or a myriad of
>>    other languages and environments), you will look more well-rounded
>>    regarding your experience.
>>
>>    ------------------------------**------------------------------**
>> ------------
>>    *From:* Brand Hilton <brandhilton at gmail.com
>>    <mailto:brandhilton at gmail.com>**>
>>    *To:* dfw-pm <dfw-pm at pm.org <mailto:dfw-pm at pm.org>>
>>
>>    *Sent:* Thursday, September 8, 2011 3:28 PM
>>
>>    *Subject:* [DFW.pm] Should I take a Perl job?
>>
>>    I used to do a lot of Perl, but I've been doing mostly Java for a
>>    few years now.  I now have an opportunity to do Perl again.  I love
>>    Perl, but I'm concerned that maybe it's not a good career move.  Any
>>    thoughts?
>>
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