Re: mod_perl Programmers demand is going up...

[Gunther Birznieks]

The problem is that to program mod_perl and troubleshoot it, you do have to have
sysadmin skills and a firm understanding of the web server. eg note the amount of
people who get Gotcha'ed by wondering why an error takes a long time to propagate
when not in Single-Server mode.

Kent Perrier wrote:

> Gunther Birznieks wrote:
> > Again, it's hard enough finding a good perl programmer, but finding
> > someone who can compile everything together and understand it all is a top
> > 15 percentile ( and I think I am being generous) skill which I don't think
> > simple training will help with.
>
> In my opinion, you are talking about two different disciplines here.  There is
> the systems skills (compiling everything so it all works) and the programming
> skills.  A lot of the people on this list are good at both of these skill sets,
> but I have met a lot of programmers who were "as dumb as a stump" when it came
> to system admin skills.
>
> Kent
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