Re: New Languages to Learn

Ruby? PHP (there are jobs and it's not *that* bad)? Buckle down on CSS, JS, feeds, social network stuff, and shift focus to UI/front-end dev work? Manager job at a Starbucks while you hack at home? If you're a people person, a counter job can be fun. Move to a tiny place to save money, take your life savings and start a dev business where *you* get to decide if it's the Perl way or the highway. :) You might not eat consistently but you never know...

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Re^2: New Languages to Learn by gloryhack (Deacon) on Feb 25, 2009 at 06:24 UTC
Oh, I dunno... I've been eating regularly for ten years doing primarily Perl and only some PHP when I am compelled to do so in order to satisfy an existing client who's done something dumb like installed vBulletin. And of course I am proficient in javascript, CSS, etc. in order to support the web stuff that is the bulk of my business. I've been seeing a gradual increase in work lately, too. It seems that those who are desperate to take a bigger hunk of the e-commerce pie, or cut costs, or keep the expensive labor reserved for other things are eager to avail themselves of my services.	[reply]

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by gloryhack (Deacon) on Feb 25, 2009 at 06:24 UTC

I've been seeing a gradual increase in work lately, too. It seems that those who are desperate to take a bigger hunk of the e-commerce pie, or cut costs, or keep the expensive labor reserved for other things are eager to avail themselves of my services.

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