Re: Are there any Perl Jobs for someone who is not a Perl Guru?

Hi Choroba and Your Mother

That's awesome and inspiring, but I'm sure folks like you are super talented and therefore you could do it. But what about average folks? Also, are your jobs pure Perl or you also use JavaScript and/or Python? I keep hearing that there's more demand for those languages compared to Perl. Is that true?

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Re^2: Are there any Perl Jobs for someone who is not a Perl Guru? by choroba (Cardinal) on May 29, 2017 at 20:40 UTC
My current job is mostly Perl, with occasional SQL (MySQL, Postgres, Vertica), bash, and sometimes Java (and elisp, guess what editor I use). The firm uses several more languages, but I'm still waiting for the opportunity to touch them. ($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-\|\|-\|5+lengthSq)`"S\|oS2"`map{chr \|+ord }map{substrSq`S_+\|`\|}3E\|-\|`7**2-3:)=~y+S\|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a, [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Are there any Perl Jobs for someone who is not a Perl Guru? by Anonymous Monk on May 29, 2017 at 20:46 UTC
Lisp and editor? You are a Emacs guru as well then. Awesome.	[reply]
Re^2: Are there any Perl Jobs for someone who is not a Perl Guru? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on May 30, 2017 at 12:24 UTC
My current job is mostly Perl most of the time but that often means understanding and working with transport layers and standards not directly related to Perl and a lot of front end development. The work is 85% JavaScript right now to complete a big front-end project. I am forced to do Java and PHP rarely for work. If you are interested in modern JavaScript (ECMAScript 6), the work pool is lagging behind the technology and the death throes of Flash (ActionScript) and the acceleration of browsers picking up new standards mean that an ES6 oriented JS dev will be in demand. I’m trying to play catch-up there right now. JS still has some irritating wrinkles but it’s a more fun, useful, and interesting language than it used to be and it has a burgeoning ecosphere.	[reply]