<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I, too, have done quite a bit of Java in the past decade or so.</span></div><div><span>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.</span></div><div><span>If you like what you're doing, it makes all the difference.</span></div><div><span>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.<br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr
size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Brand Hilton <brandhilton@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> dfw-pm <dfw-pm@pm.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 8, 2011 3:28 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [DFW.pm] Should I take a Perl job?<br></font><br><div id="yiv1323020276">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?<br><br><br>Brand<br>
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