On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Stas Bekman wrote:
> >
> > Now unfortunately a lot of people don't share our views on money. They
> > want to maximize the monetary value of their mod_perl knowledge, which
> > is all well and good as far as I care. The problem for these folks is
> > that the more widespread basic mod_perl skills become, the harder it
> > will be to charge extortionary prices for performing the simplest
> > mod_perl tricks. In effect the price that mod_perl programmers can
> > demand will become stratified: those with the most skills will still be
> > very highly valued, but those with modest skills will see their wages
> > decline.
>
> Wow, I didn't think about this. A very interesting logic you are
> presenting here... I loved it!
>
> I want to be one of the rare species and to get paid a
> lot :)
>
We will all be rare species. But whether we get paid a lot is another
matter.
I think mod_perl is sufficiently hard that even as more people learn how
to do the simple stuff, mod_perl will still be 'difficult' enough. I don't
think it is like Java or Perl where the stratification is there in the
language knowledge. Unless mod_perl itself gets easier, I don't see it
beinglike ASP or JSP or Servlets (being a new technology people will
eventually learn).
I don't think it is about training either. It's a matter of making
mod_perl easier. It just really is not easy. I bet there are a ton of
people who find it hard to produce things in mod_perl andthen it's hard
(and poentially mre expensive) for an ISP to generically support mod_perl
(especially in a shared environment). etc...
MiniGuide == ManyPagesGuide now. The fact is that the knowledge is there.
But it really does require a guide that is that large to really know how
to do good mod_perl code and exploit its advantages. And even then...
Anyway, I'm off to write "Mod_perl in 21 days".
Just kidding! (Although then you would be assured that Mod_perl is
mainstream when you see that book!).
Later,
Gunther
