I find that it is hard (and inneffective) to be a pure-anything developer these days.
First, by limiting yourself to one language, methodology, etc. you are limiting your ability to grow and to learn to solve new kinds of problems.
More importantly, in today's environment much of the work depends on knowing multiple languages. For example in many of my Perl projects, I also use JavaScript1, XML and XSLT, SQL and PL/SQL, Lexer and Parser Languages (these days it's Parse::RecDescent, it used to be Lex and Yacc). Plus ELisp off and on to make my environment better.

Finally, with the market the way it is, I find myself worried less about finding the perfect Perl job and more about finding any job.

1I will risk the downvoting here and say that JavaScript is a great language. Now that the browser people are approaching common ground with the DOM, you can do amazing things with JavaScript. It does for the client end what Perl does for the server end.

-pete
"Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."

In reply to Re: Pure Perl developer by dreadpiratepeter
in thread Pure Perl developer by nite_man

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