Ironically, I started coding in Perl, 3 months ago for my new job. I had never even heard about it and when my boss told me that would the main part of my internship I thought.. hmm new stuff, interesting. And everyone around me was telling me I was so unlucky, because it would be bad for my career... I have come thinking, it is an asset.

Actually, the job offer was talking about c++ and matlab programming. So I guess there are plenty of other companies out there that have some Perl code to do but does not post it. The guy who is working with me applied on a c++ offer too.

Here is what I would do. If a company really interests you, you think what they are doing is great and sounds really interesting. You should applied there and meet with one of the developer (for interview for example) and ask if they use other languages and if they know Perl. If they don't, then you can introduce them to Perl just like my supervisor did here. I guess you just have to push a little bit if you really want to make a Perl career.