This is kinda like a very late, very short response to davorg's talks at YAPC::Eu.
Upon arriving home and telling about all kinds of nice talks I went to, my dad started asking me about Perl. He does auditing mostly (and has yet to gain experience on IT Auditing).

He asked about how Perl can be used in companies and what advantages people/companies could have by knowing/using Perl, which people should know it and why, if standardized tasks could be automated if analyzed properly (I pointed him to OeufMayo's talk as an example of automated tasks).

Reconsider the following things (pretend being a Perl newbie in an IT company): <DIR>

• Should Perl be in your job description? Could it automate many of your tasks?
• Can Perl (if abused properly) cause harm to collegues? (if so, please let me know all sadistic ways)
• Is learning Perl getting you more money / getting other people fired?
• Is your company prepared to sponsor your TPC or YAPC trips?
• Does your company provide you with LOADS of ORA books?
• Do you get any kind of hardware you can use to stick all those nifty Perl stickers on?

</DIR>
It's in your best interest to gain as much Perl knowledge as you can, coz if you don't you could be replaced by very small perl script.

If this makes any sense, please let me know... being in YAPC rehab isn't easy.

Greetz
Beatnik
... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.

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