Keith Barrett published at the advogato.org information about most in demand technical skills in the USA.

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Re: Perl skills are in demand in USA
by ibanix (Hermit) on Nov 24, 2002 at 17:10 UTC
    This title is somewhat misleading, as the chart shows Perl very far down on the list of in-demand skills, behind "Sun" and "TCP/IP". Perl skills are more wanted than Linux, according to this. I don't know if I think that's good or bad! :-)

    /rgds, ibanix

    <-> In general, we find that those who disparage a given operating system, language, or philosophy have never had to use it in practice. <->
Re: Perl skills are in demand in USA
by Marza (Vicar) on Nov 25, 2002 at 04:02 UTC

    Interesting. But it appears the hits are from job listing sites. This is not a good measure as many managers load up the skill requiements in order to cast a wide net when looking for employees. The last job I had, listed 9 knowledge requirements that the job never used.

    Just my .02