Frankly, if you want money, .NET/C# is the way to go (and Java to a lesser extent). .NET/C# will likely replace Java over the next decade or so as the predominant "portable" programming language (/dons asbestos cloak to protect from flames). And this is advice coming from someone who can't stand Java _OR_ C#.

I agree with most of the people in this thread...learn it all, you can never know too much. But Perl jobs are few and far between, and the ones you'll come across likely won't be high paying. This isn't saying high paying Perl jobs don't exist, they just are a lot harder to come by.

That aside, Perl is my favorite language to program in :)

In reply to Re: Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by wojtyk
in thread Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by Alien

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