When I go to work I have to make the concious decision of whether to solve the problem in Perl or ASP. I love Perl and had I but more spare time then I would finish all my projects. But thats home life.

At work I have to choose the right tool for the job and although I would normally scream 'Perl' till I am blue in the face I am not always afforded that opporunity.

So the question then is, am I a Perl programmer gone bad? I don't like ASP and think is inherently weak and unstructured (from a problem solving approach) yet I often have no choice but to use it.

Truth be known, most people see me as some form of programming god at work (which is rather sad I find) because I can program in both of those languages plus all the others.

However (sorry if I'm ramblimg), Perl and the Perl community teaches you a lot about 'how to do it'. Once you have that then you effectively transcend any language because they all end up being the same.

What happens then is you go for the language you love and enjoy and seek to use it wherever and whenever you can. I can use other languages but I choose Perl.

It sounds like those in your workplace have either:
1) Not found a language they love and gained a love for programming
Or
2)See Perl as a tool cos they like/love a totally different langage.

Ask yourself this question, would you attend a workshop on Cobol by your 55 year old co-worker? If the answer is no then perhaps you are now 'in their shoes' :).