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in thread This isn't a job offer.

There are only so many telecommuting jobs, and it is even more limited if you are going to use Perl only.

I looked in your profile and it says you are in Huntington, West Virginia. Chances are there are not going to be many Perl programming opportunities there unless you make your own.

Show SOME flexibility here, move to become a Perl programmer or change your skill set to something you can do in Huntington, WV.

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Re^3: This isn't a job offer.
by jdporter (Paladin) on Apr 03, 2007 at 14:16 UTC
    Chances are there are not going to be many Perl programming opportunities [in Huntington, West Virginia]

    Really? What do you know about West Virginia?

    There are only so many telecommuting jobs

    A good programmer should be able to get one of them. Telecommuting is not so unreasonable in this day and age.

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      Really? What do you know about West Virginia?

      Huntington itself is a small city in WV of 49,000~ people. It is reasonably close to Charleston, WV which has about 51,000~ people in the area. So the population in the area is fairly small. IT is also not a major industry there. Two of these things together indicate a lack of IT positions in general without the specifics of a Perl position

      In addition, Zaxo said that he has been unemployed there a while which indicates that there are not a lot of opportunities in the area for him to do what he wants to do.

      Telecommuting is not so unreasonable in this day and age

      Just because a programmer can do most of their work from by telecommuting does not mean that companies will offer telecommuting jobs. I have been browsing www.dice.com, www.monster.com, and jobs.perl.org for a couple of months and most jobs require you to be on-site at least some of the time. Very, very few positions are 100% off-site telecommuting.

      The other problem with telecommuting is that you are competing against everyone else in the country/world(depending on your location) for that position. Even if you are a good programmer, it can be hard to distinguish yourself from 300 to 400 resumes for that one position.

      I am not putting down Zaxo, I am trying to encourage him to be a little more flexible. Most people that get a dream job is because the go out and find it, not wait for it to appear on their doorstep. You never know what you might be missing by refusing to expand your skill sets or moving to a new city.

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        The other problem with telecommuting is that you are competing against everyone else in the country/world(depending on your location) for that position.

        Another possible problem is that you're competing with folks who live in areas that may have a much lower cost of living than where you are.

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