I find this a ridiculous node.

You're entitled to that opinion.

Do you want people telling you how good you are

No, I'm trying to understand whether I'm making a correct choice.

Of course everyone will tell you to "do the work you like"

Actually, dragonchild didn't say exactly that in Re: Money vs. Perl, and believe me that his comment got me thinking a lot about it all.

subsitute all "Perl" words with "BMW", you get the exact same replies on a BMW-lovers forum

Probably so, but I *am* a Perl-lover, and not a BMW-lover, and moreover, this is the community I love and the one I trust. If you don't like it, or if this is not the sort of thread you're interested in, there's always the SoPW and several other interesting sections on this site.

In reply to Re^2: Money vs. Perl by cog
in thread Money vs. Perl by cog

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