[DFW.pm] Should I take a Perl job?
Stuart Johnston
saj at thecommune.net
Fri Sep 9 06:07:49 PDT 2011
I'm sorry, no.
On 09/08/2011 10:39 PM, S Z wrote:
> Stuart,
> Are you still looking?
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Stuart Johnston <saj at thecommune.net
> <mailto: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 at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:steven_novakovich at __yahoo.com
> <mailto: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.
>
>
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> *From:* Brand Hilton <brandhilton at gmail.com
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> *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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