Well, I've been feeling rather bored lately. I work in an environment where I'm free to manage code as I see fit; I'm responsible for making sure it works well and have the power to make sweeping changes if necessary. There's stress and responsibility, which is fine. And it's not a COBOL job, which is great. It's mainly backend data processing, and it's all in Java (it's required to be in Java), which should be great.

So why, why, why, when I have any free time at all, why do I always code in perl? What is it in me that cringes at spaghetti Java, but is interested in any kind of perl?

Over the past years, I have prayed for The Job... The Career... a job where I can be content and confident in my work more often than not. That balance is lacking here. I work hard at my job, but there's no joy in it.

Though I do not expect to find a job I can love,
I would consider myself a fool not to look for one.

Have you searched for perl jobs (besides jobs.perl.org that is)? Few and far between? System Admin jobs mainly? That's what I've been seeing. Looks like it may be difficult to find that one job out there.

Update: Well, there are a number of potentially great-sounding jobs on jobs.perl. The ones that sound appealing to me are in Boca Raton and Tucson. Frankly, the Boca Raton job sounds the better of the two, but I don't think I want to work in B.R. So I have to just keep looking.

Maybe that's why I'm posting this. Many of you live in the same market-world as I. Maybe I'm forgetting something, or maybe you have a suggestion that I or others like me can use. You are our perl network, and the more brains there are, the more options (or at least opinions) there are to share.

The small company I work for will never 
use perl;
-- that means my career path leads out of here. But until I figure out where to go, my career is here. I can't help but think that my employer isn't getting his money's worth out of me, because despite my efforts, I don't feel like I'm doing my best. That might be my fault rather than my job. Again, opinions and suggestions would be appreciated.

I sincerely hope this doesn't sound too whiny.

Rob

In reply to Is it me, or is it the job? by rje

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