There's always someone brighter, so there's no use worrying about it.

When I was finishing my Computer Science degree, I started applying to jobs. I ended up getting a job as an intern at an all-Perl shop, even though I didn't know any Perl at the time. They were impressed with my enthusiasm and figured that I would be a quick learner, so I got hired.

This Perl shop turned out to have a lot of really good Perl programmers - a former Pump King, several people with core perl patches, etc. While this was somewhat intimidating at first, I tried to view it as what it was - a great opportunity to learn Perl from those who are really good at it. I've been there for almost 2 years, and I'm still learning every day (not as an intern any more, of course).

You don't have to work at a Perl-only shop to get to be able to code a lot of Perl at work. When I worked at a large video game company as an intern, all of the back ends were coded in C++ and the front ends in Flash, with the tools being written mostly in C#. However, there was a large body of glue code in the build system, source control system, etc., all written in Perl. Perl is such a versatile language - it's hard to find a company that wouldn't benefit from some Perl knowledge.

Keep searching, keep sending out serious applications, try to come across as bright and eager, and you'll land something you like!