From geoff.gunner.11 at gmail.com Sun Dec 4 12:54:33 2011 From: geoff.gunner.11 at gmail.com (Geoff Gunner) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:54:33 +0000 Subject: [Perth-pm] Perl opportunities in Perth? Message-ID: Hi, folks! JAPH in London looking to relocate to Perth. Looking through the recruitment consultancy listings, I've not seen any mention of our beloved language. Is Perl not much in demand Down-Under? Admittedly these days I more project-manage than spend all my days at a keyboard, but you know Perl - so useful for e.g. bridging Perforce and JIRA to give an automated turnover release process and TWiki documentation process. Ending up in a Perl-free environment would be ... tragic. So, do you good people have any advice for perly job-seeking in Perth? What sort of companies need people like us? Any and all advice would be most welcome! When I'm in Perth, I'll have to meet up with you folks. I don't have anything in CPAN to my credit, though; my only claims to fame are that I used to go to college with Tim Bunce, and interviewing John Macdonald for a job position in my company (honestly; what sort of questions could I ask?!). Many thanks for any help or suggestions that you have! Geoff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From james at rcpt.to Sun Dec 4 17:39:33 2011 From: james at rcpt.to (James Bromberger) Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:39:33 +0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] Perl opportunities in Perth? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4EDC20D5.20200@rcpt.to> On 5/12/2011 4:54 AM, Geoff Gunner wrote: > Hi, folks! > JAPH in London looking to relocate to Perth. > Looking through the recruitment consultancy listings, I've not seen > any mention of our beloved language. Is Perl not much in demand > Down-Under? > Admittedly these days I more project-manage than spend all my days at > a keyboard, but you know Perl - so useful for e.g. bridging Perforce > and JIRA to give an automated turnover release process and TWiki > documentation process. Ending up in a Perl-free environment would be > ... tragic. Hi Geoff, Having done the London -> Perth in August last year, I'm not seeing a huge amount of Perl work coming up here in Perth. One potential is the local large ISP, iiNet (who are based in Perth). > So, do you good people have any advice for perly job-seeking in > Perth? What sort of companies need people like us? Any and all advice > would be most welcome! I can't answer that - but it would be good to get the input from others on the list. > > When I'm in Perth, I'll have to meet up with you folks. I don't have > anything in CPAN to my credit, though; my only claims to fame are that > I used to go to college with Tim Bunce, and interviewing John > Macdonald for a job position in my company (honestly; what sort of > questions could I ask?!). Sounds good. We have a catch up session about once per quarter on the first Wednesday of the month (there's not demand for more regular, unlike London.pm which is huge in comparison). So January 4th is our next schedule one; but if you stop by any other time then I'm sure a few of us would come and share a pint! :) James -- /Mobile:/ +61 422 166 708, /Email:/ james_AT_rcpt.to PLUG President 2011: http://www.plug.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lockster at gmail.com Sun Dec 4 18:48:29 2011 From: lockster at gmail.com (Matthew Lock) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:48:29 +0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] Perl opportunities in Perth? In-Reply-To: <-7620913415465032958@unknownmsgid> References: <15082861.17317.1323049453978.JavaMail.mobile-sync@iebpw17> <-7620913415465032958@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <-7721251716725656814@unknownmsgid> The Bunnings DIY chain which is based in Perth is/was also a perl shop. Some Bioinformatics departments at the universities in Perth also use perl. Plus there's some financial companies around town that make use of perl and shell to automate feeds from stock exchanges etc. Matthew On 05/12/2011, at 9:39 AM, James Bromberger wrote: On 5/12/2011 4:54 AM, Geoff Gunner wrote: Hi, folks! JAPH in London looking to relocate to Perth. Looking through the recruitment consultancy listings, I've not seen any mention of our beloved language. Is Perl not much in demand Down-Under? Admittedly these days I more project-manage than spend all my days at a keyboard, but you know Perl - so useful for e.g. bridging Perforce and JIRA to give an automated turnover release process and TWiki documentation process. Ending up in a Perl-free environment would be ... tragic. Hi Geoff, Having done the London -> Perth in August last year, I'm not seeing a huge amount of Perl work coming up here in Perth. One potential is the local large ISP, iiNet (who are based in Perth). So, do you good people have any advice for perly job-seeking in Perth? What sort of companies need people like us? Any and all advice would be most welcome! I can't answer that - but it would be good to get the input from others on the list. When I'm in Perth, I'll have to meet up with you folks. I don't have anything in CPAN to my credit, though; my only claims to fame are that I used to go to college with Tim Bunce, and interviewing John Macdonald for a job position in my company (honestly; what sort of questions could I ask?!). Sounds good. We have a catch up session about once per quarter on the first Wednesday of the month (there's not demand for more regular, unlike London.pm which is huge in comparison). So January 4th is our next schedule one; but if you stop by any other time then I'm sure a few of us would come and share a pint! :) James -- *Mobile:* +61 422 166 708, *Email:* james_AT_rcpt.to PLUG President 2011: http://www.plug.org.au _______________________________________________ Perth-pm mailing list Perth-pm at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/perth-pm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sam at vilain.net Wed Dec 7 11:30:34 2011 From: sam at vilain.net (Sam Vilain) Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:30:34 -0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] Perl opportunities in Perth? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4EDFBEDA.1090106@vilain.net> On 12/4/11 12:54 PM, Geoff Gunner wrote: > JAPH in London looking to relocate to Perth. > Looking through the recruitment consultancy listings, I've not seen any > mention of our beloved language. Is Perl not much in demand Down-Under? > Admittedly these days I more project-manage than spend all my days at a > keyboard, but you know Perl - so useful for e.g. bridging Perforce and > JIRA to give an automated turnover release process and TWiki > documentation process. Ending up in a Perl-free environment would be ... > tragic. It's not so bad. I've found skills, practices and community spirit you get from Perl programming are very transferable to other languages and language communities. Especially if you know some C as well. And often shops that are after other scripting languages, eg Python, Ruby etc are quite happy to have you become proficient in the new language (and libraries, really) on the job. Sam From jarich at perltraining.com.au Thu Dec 8 23:34:14 2011 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:34:14 +1100 Subject: [Perth-pm] Perl opportunities in Perth? In-Reply-To: <-7721251716725656814@unknownmsgid> References: <15082861.17317.1323049453978.JavaMail.mobile-sync@iebpw17> <-7620913415465032958@unknownmsgid> <-7721251716725656814@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <4EE1B9F6.9050509@perltraining.com.au> On 05/12/11 13:48, Matthew Lock wrote: > The Bunnings DIY chain which is based in Perth is/was also a perl shop. > > Some Bioinformatics departments at the universities in Perth also use perl. > > Plus there's some financial companies around town that make use of perl and > shell to automate feeds from stock exchanges etc. > Also HPA (printing house), Fugro (geoinformatics) and a few other businesses here and there. J From lockster at gmail.com Fri Dec 9 22:21:47 2011 From: lockster at gmail.com (Matthew Lock) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:21:47 +0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] Perl opportunities in Perth? In-Reply-To: <4EE1B9F6.9050509@perltraining.com.au> References: <15082861.17317.1323049453978.JavaMail.mobile-sync@iebpw17> <-7620913415465032958@unknownmsgid> <-7721251716725656814@unknownmsgid> <4EE1B9F6.9050509@perltraining.com.au> Message-ID: Cool we need to get this in an FAQ. I will put my hand up to do it via Webdav. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Jacinta Richardson wrote: > On 05/12/11 13:48, Matthew Lock wrote: >> >> The Bunnings DIY chain which is based in Perth is/was also a perl shop. >> >> Some Bioinformatics departments at the universities in Perth also use >> perl. >> >> Plus there's some financial companies around town that make use of perl >> and shell to automate feeds from stock exchanges etc. >> > > Also HPA (printing house), Fugro (geoinformatics) and a few other businesses > here and there. > > >    J > _______________________________________________ > Perth-pm mailing list > Perth-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/perth-pm From james at rcpt.to Tue Dec 20 17:58:23 2011 From: james at rcpt.to (James Bromberger) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:58:23 +0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] January Meeting: 4th Jan, Moon & Six Pence Message-ID: <4EF13D3F.5060903@rcpt.to> Hello all, Another quiet quarter here on Perth.pm. We have a scheduled catch up for the first Wednesday of the Quarter, which is Wednesday 4th January. I've chosen the Moon & Six Pence in the city (the calendar is updated). This will be a join meet up with people interested in getting the national Linux (& Open Source) conference, Linux.conf.au, back to Perth, which will hopefully have some Perl people involved. Has anyone got any Perl stuff they'd like to bring along for show-and-tell? If not, I may go through my usage of AppConfig, and I suspect Matthew will be pleased to talk about his use of CHI. James -- /Mobile:/ +61 422 166 708, /Email:/ james_AT_rcpt.to PLUG President 2011: http://www.plug.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lockster at gmail.com Fri Dec 23 02:24:22 2011 From: lockster at gmail.com (Matthew Lock) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:24:22 +0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] January Meeting: 4th Jan, Moon & Six Pence In-Reply-To: <4EF13D3F.5060903@rcpt.to> References: <4EF13D3F.5060903@rcpt.to> Message-ID: Sounds great. From 6pm? I can always talk about my new best friend Mojolicious if you like too? 2011/12/21 James Bromberger : > Hello all, > > Another quiet quarter here on Perth.pm. We have a scheduled catch up for the > first Wednesday of the Quarter, which is Wednesday 4th January. I've chosen > the Moon & Six Pence in the city (the calendar is updated). This will be a > join meet up with people interested in getting the national Linux (& Open > Source) conference, Linux.conf.au, back to Perth, which will hopefully have > some Perl people involved. > > Has anyone got any Perl stuff they'd like to bring along for show-and-tell? > If not, I may go through my usage of AppConfig, and I suspect Matthew will > be pleased to talk about his use of CHI. > > >   James > > -- > Mobile: +61 422 166 708, Email: james_AT_rcpt.to > PLUG President 2011: http://www.plug.org.au > > _______________________________________________ > Perth-pm mailing list > Perth-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/perth-pm From james at rcpt.to Fri Dec 23 02:25:59 2011 From: james at rcpt.to (James Bromberger) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:25:59 +0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] January Meeting: 4th Jan, Moon & Six Pence In-Reply-To: References: <4EF13D3F.5060903@rcpt.to> Message-ID: <4EF45737.5070108@rcpt.to> On 23/12/2011 6:24 PM, Matthew Lock wrote: > Sounds great. From 6pm? Something like that. Whenever "after work" starts. ;) > > I can always talk about my new best friend Mojolicious if you like too? That sounds good. James -- /Mobile:/ +61 422 166 708, /Email:/ james_AT_rcpt.to PLUG President 2011: http://www.plug.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lockster at gmail.com Fri Dec 23 02:32:14 2011 From: lockster at gmail.com (Matthew Lock) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:32:14 +0800 Subject: [Perth-pm] January Meeting: 4th Jan, Moon & Six Pence In-Reply-To: <4EF45737.5070108@rcpt.to> References: <4EF13D3F.5060903@rcpt.to> <4EF45737.5070108@rcpt.to> Message-ID: I'm on leave that day anyway so whenever. On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:25 PM, James Bromberger wrote: > On 23/12/2011 6:24 PM, Matthew Lock wrote: > > Sounds great. From 6pm? > > Something like that. Whenever "after work" starts. ;) > > > > I can always talk about my new best friend Mojolicious if you like too? > > > That sounds good. > >   James > > > -- > Mobile: +61 422 166 708, Email: james_AT_rcpt.to > PLUG President 2011: http://www.plug.org.au