[DFW.pm] in dallas for a short time

fREW Schmidt frioux at gmail.com
Wed Nov 7 10:52:41 PST 2012


We're using Catalyst heavily (Richardson.)  Also, look into DBIx::Class
if you touch databases :)

On 11/07/2012 11:46 AM, Stuart Johnston wrote:
> Unfortunately, most employers are going to want real-world, job
> experience. To substitute for that, make sure you have code that you
> are proud to share. Put it on github. Look into working on some CPAN
> modules.
>
> Books to read: chromatic's "Modern Perl", Conway's "Perl Best
> Practices", and if you are really ambitious, MJD's "Higher-Order
> Perl". Has anyone read "Effective Perl Programming"? That's probably a
> good one too. (Assuming you have already read "the Camel".)
>
> Try using Moose and Plack. Frameworks are good too. Catalyst, Dancer,
> Mojolicious. I know of at least one DFW employer using Catalyst.
>
> Have fun!
>
>
> On 11/7/2012 11:25 AM, Jerry Kassebaum wrote:
>> Stuart and Group,
>>
>> What would you suggest I do to build my skills to make myself hirable? I
>> can use cgi and regular expressions to scrape websites and put the info
>> into a MySQL database. I can also update divs and spans in webpages with
>> Ajax. What should I study next?
>>
>> Jerry Kassebaum
>>
>>  > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 09:41:16 -0600
>>  > From: saj at thecommune.net
>>  > To: dfw-pm at pm.org
>>  > Subject: Re: [DFW.pm] in dallas for a short time
>>  >
>>  > I haven't been looking but I do get emails from recruiters,
>>  > occasionally. I know Yahoo was hiring recently.
>>  >
>>  > Early this year when I was trying to find a new contractor, the best
>>  > candidates often has accepted another position before I could get
>> them
>>  > in for interviews. From my perspective, the market seems to favor job
>>  > seekers, assuming you have the skills.
>>  >
>>  > Overall, the economy in North Texas is better than in many parts
>> of the
>>  > country.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > On 11/7/2012 9:33 AM, nadim khemir wrote:
>>  > > Sorry for the spam but could anyone in the mailing list tell me
>> a bit
>>  > > about the market in Dallas?
>>  > >
>>  > > Cheers, Nadim.
>>  > >
>>  > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:19 PM, nadim khemir
>> <nadim.khemir at gmail.com
>>  > > <mailto:nadim.khemir at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>  > >
>>  > > thank for your input. I am here for a short while and I may be able
>>  > > to attend.
>>  > >
>>  > > Another question is: how does the market look here?
>>  > >
>>  > > cheers, Nadim
>>  > >
>>  > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:07 PM, John Fields <wigthft at gmail.com
>>  > > <mailto:wigthft at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>  > >
>>  > > Whoops! Meant to also send:
>>  > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/dallasp6m
>>  > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21forum/dallasp6m>
>>  > >
>>  > > The DFW perl mongers proper are currently being re-organized, no
>>  > > scheduled meetings there.
>>  > > There is a Perl 6 group that meets in Allen on the second
>>  > > Tuesday of every month. That link is the google groups link to it.
>>  > > JF
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > > On 10/31/2012 02:46 PM, nadim khemir wrote:
>>  > >> hi guys, I am in Dallas and wondered if you were still active
>>  > >> or have any meeting soon.
>>  > >>
>>  > >> Cheers, Nadim.
>
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