Perrin, you are both very good and are known to be very good. The job market for you is unlikely to be similar to what it is for a relatively new Perl programmer. Particularly since lots of shops want to hire senior people if they can. | [reply] |
Fair enough, but my point is that there are jobs and that many of them come across the Perl Jobs mailing list every day. There was an actual hiring slump for a year or two, but it seems to be behind us.
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I was in high school during the .com boom, so I can't compare the state then to now, but I can confirm getting a fair amount of recuriter calls. I suppose I'm experianced enough, but certainly not as well known as Perrin.
Of course, breaking into a Perl career will be difficult for someone with only a little Perl experiance. Perl must be programmed well or it just becomes a mess, so experianced Perl developers aren't just nice to have, but actually essential if you want to do Perl development at all.
"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.
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