[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.
>
>
>           ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>             *From:* Brand Hilton <brandhilton at gmail.com
>         <mailto:brandhilton at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:brandhilton at gmail.com <mailto:brandhilton at gmail.com>>__>
>             *To:* dfw-pm <dfw-pm at pm.org <mailto:dfw-pm at pm.org>
>         <mailto: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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