Depends on what you already know, doesn't it!

It also depends on the sort of job you want to do (if, for example, you want to work in scientific computing, BioPerl might be useful, but it's of little practical use elsewhere).

My current employer looks for people who know DBIx::Class, Catalyst and some Templatey thing, although if you're good enough and don't know them, then you're in with a good chance anyway, as it's not hard to pick up what's needed.

Probably the most important skill, and one that's hard to learn apart from on the job, is how to work with other peoples' code. I spend all day fixing, improving, and extending existing applications. You can pick this up to a certain extent by collaborating on open sores projects, but not to the same extent as you would on the job.

As to what I would study ... XS. In most jobs it's not needed that often, but when it is needed, few people know it. Also, I think it would be interesting.

In reply to Re: What to learn in current times? by DrHyde
in thread What to learn in current times? by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.