[Omaha.pm] Let's get Andy to come to Omaha

Robert A. Fulkerson robert.fulkerson at gmail.com
Wed May 24 14:47:17 PDT 2006


>
> Yeah, I'd vote more for the how to get hired, especially 'cause I'm
> writing a book, and I'd love to hear their thoughts about the things
> I tell them....


     It's easy to convince my students how easy and cool Perl is in
comparison to C or C++ for writing programs in their upper-level classes
where the professor doesn't mind what language the solution is in.  I've
actually had semesters where students help steer the pace and content of the
class because they want me to cover material that they know will help them
solve some final projects in classes.  :)  Those are fun semesters.

     It's harder to convince them that there's money to be made if you're
not writing PHP, Ruby on Rails or developing the latest-greatest AJAX/Web
2.0 where-should-we-have-lunch-today randomizer.  Perhaps I'll go to the
coffers and see if the university has any bring-a-cool-speaker-in cash
laying around.  :)

     -- b
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