[Phoenix-pm] Perl Best Practices

[Scott Walters]

Oh, no, I didn't mean to suggest they (bosses) *are* up to speed -- only that
they think they are, hence they meddle in technical affairs that don't concern
them, such as which languages their engineers are using.

-scott

On  0, "Metz, Bobby W, WCS" <bwmetz at att.com> wrote:
> 	Ah, but as I've found out, management isn't up to speed on
> programming languages like you pointed out...thus my FREE BrainBench
> Perl cert looks very good on those pesky end of year reviews compared to
> colleagues without one.  That said, I think the BrainBench exam on Perl,
> if viewed as the CCNA level cert for Perl, would be quite hard for a
> novice to pass.  I'm just amused that they charge for their tests when
> anyone can use Google to find a free exam voucher, if they try hard
> enough.  Then BrainBench tends to offer you other tests for free each
> month after you sign-up and pass the first one.
> 
> B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phoenix-pm-bounces at pm.org [mailto:phoenix-pm-bounces at pm.org]On
> Behalf Of Scott Walters
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:38 AM
> To: Brock
> Cc: Phoenix.pm Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Phoenix-pm] Perl Best Practices
> 
> 
> > "Perl is doomed" to what, exactly? 
> 
> The same obscurity as "academic" languages such as Scheme and OCaml --
> other languages far more powerful and expressive then you'd guess
> from how often they're used or hired for.
> 
> > But we're also getting waves of people who were taught Java as
> > their first language (thats what NAU teaches, ew) and are now like
> "God
> > that is some nasty Java code. But this OCaml/Haskell/Perl6 stuff is
> damn
> > clean!"
> 
> Now that's a good point.  And I've already stumbled across some horrid
> Java
> in the wild.  
> 
> By the way, a past thread on this list debated Perl certification (and
> not those brainbench quizes, either).  An argument from one side went
> something like... in order to charge money for their trade,
> electricians,
> general contractors, nurses, and practicioners several other skilled
> trades
> all require a license, and this keeps the complete novices out of
> professional positions where they can do harm.  
> 
> > But I'm an optimist, so I may be biased towards Happyness :)
> 
> Quite the opposite here >=)
> 
> -scott
> 
> > --Brock
> > 
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