On Jan 21, 2004, at 2:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I've seen so far, I don't think Perl skills are enough any more to demand
the high pay. In 1999-2001, they were. You have to almost have a package of
other tech skills which tend to include Java and PHP or Linux, Apache, MySQL.
Well, duh! I can't think of any interesting jobs that don't interact with the environment one way or another. If you write applications using a database you'll do much better if you know something about those too. If you write applications using a web server, it's best if you know that too. If you need to process files in SomeFormat, it's best if you know something about that. If you write applications that uses the Foo protocol, you'll be better off if you have some experience with that already. And so on and so on.
true, but he also mentioned java and php, which I have no background/interest in. There was a req open at Morgan Stanley a few days ago that I got a call for. I was fine on all the job requirements except that they listed Java in addition to Perl. Now a few years ago, there were several Perl-only positions available at MSDW. This time to position expected Java also. bleh.
If PHP and Java/C++ are starting to become necessary auxilliary technologies, then I am in for sure trouble.
