in reply to Our future

The alternative solution is to not pigeonhole yourself as a Perl programmer. I have tried throughout my career to sell myself as a programmer, without a specific language. So far it has worked well. I've gotten jobs because I know Perl, tcl, SQL tuning and optimization, and COBOL. In all of these cases, these were not the top line requirements for the job (usually C/Java/Oracle/UNIX-type jobs). You may be suprised how far Perl will take you in the actual interview even though it is not an actual requirement for the job.

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Re: Re: Our future
by michaeld (Monk) on Mar 17, 2003 at 19:34 UTC

    Right on....

    Programming is not about the tools you use (languages you know), but what you can do with them!
    It's a state of mind which involves loads of common sense and preferably some experience.
    The language you use to program in, is only of secondary importance.
    At least in my experience...

    Cheers,
    Michael

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