Point out that many companies like Amazon.com and TicketMaster are heavily invested in Perl.

Blech. There's a short list of companies that has been mentioned for many years as companies that use Perl. I won't deny that they use Perl (although I know more C and Java programmers that work or have worked for amazon than Perl programmers), but that's just anecdotical evidence.

The fact that a handful of companies do use Perl doesn't prove it isn't much easier to make a living using Java or C.

I'm not arguing that you can't make a living using Perl, I've doing so for more than a decade myself (although most of the time, it's the result that counts, Perl was my choice, but had I used Python or Java, I would have made the amount of money), but coming up with the same, short list, of companies that use Perl for many years is very meager evidence.

I do get about two phone calls, and a dozen emails from recruiters a week, trying to interest me for a position. And while my resume oozes Perl, and only mentions Java once (as having followed a three day course many moons ago), I get more Java opportunities passed in my direction than Perl opportunities.

You can make a living with Perl - but I'd be surprised if making a living with Java wasn't easier. (That is, finding a Java job is easier than finding a Perl job, live itself is easier with Perl than with Java).

In reply to Re^2: Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by Alien

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