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Post #113,039 by deSitter 8/7/03 9:33:42 AM Reply	Perl is job security ..particularly if you're good at it. -drl
Post #113,061 by tuberculosis 8/7/03 11:40:07 AM 8/21/07 6:41:47 AM Reply	Maybe I should learn it because my own job hunt isn't going too well. Smalltalk is dangerous. It is a drug. My advice to you would be don't try it; it could ruin your life. Once you take the time to learn it (to REALLY learn it) you will see that there is nothing out there (yet) to touch it. Of course, like all drugs, how dangerous it is depends on your character. It may be that once you've got to this stage you'll find it difficult (if not impossible) to "go back" to other languages and, if you are forced to, you might become an embittered character constantly muttering ascerbic comments under your breath. Who knows, you may even have to quit the software industry altogether because nothing else lives up to your new expectations. --AndyBower Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:41:47 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #113,063 by admin 8/7/03 11:48:30 AM Reply	It sucks. But it can pay the bills, yes. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #113,071 by Yendor 8/7/03 12:31:32 PM Reply	Yabut... But it can pay the bills, yes. ...that's damn important! -YendorMike [link\|http://www.hope-ride.org/\|http://www.hope-ride.org/]
Post #113,106 by ben_tilly 8/7/03 3:34:58 PM Reply	And are known to be good... But I really believe that location was one of the big factors helping me out. I would not have been placed so quickly in a different city. Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #113,156 by mhuber 8/7/03 11:09:14 PM Reply	My new boss just noticed that line in my resume.... He seems to think it could come in handy. On the other hand, the owner's teenage son wrote most of the existing code, so one must tread lightly... ---- Sometime you the windshield, sometime you the bug, sometime you the driver you turn on the windshield washer you keep going.

iwethey.employed++ - (ben_tilly) - (51) - Aug. 6, 2003, 05:55:24 PM EDT

Better employment terms as well, I trust? - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2003, 05:56:47 PM EDT

That's guaranteed by state law :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:24:41 PM EDT

Re: iwethey.employed++ - (Nightowl) - (2) - Aug. 6, 2003, 05:59:01 PM EDT

I won't be back in force for a bit... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:26:22 PM EDT

Hey Ben ( was Re: I won't be back in force for a bit...) (new thread) - (Nightowl) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:43:27 PM EDT

*Cheer* -NT - (imric) - Aug. 6, 2003, 05:59:37 PM EDT

havnt been to Santa Monica in a while - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2003, 06:06:02 PM EDT

traffic - (tablizer) - Sept. 1, 2003, 09:43:57 PM EDT

very cool...congrats! -NT - (slugbug) - Aug. 6, 2003, 06:06:20 PM EDT

Woo! - (Yendor) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2003, 06:14:35 PM EDT

Looks that way. :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:30:07 PM EDT

Congrats! - (inthane-chan) - Aug. 6, 2003, 06:15:19 PM EDT

And ... it's not NYC! Now to see about the West Coast bash -NT - (drewk) - Aug. 6, 2003, 06:54:42 PM EDT

Great news, Ben! Good luck with it! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 6, 2003, 07:59:53 PM EDT

Congrats! - (Another Scott) - Aug. 6, 2003, 08:05:08 PM EDT

Rilly nice to see ++ signs around. Luck with the pad hunt -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 6, 2003, 08:29:45 PM EDT

Re: iwethey.employed++ - (deSitter) - (6) - Aug. 6, 2003, 09:20:03 PM EDT

Re: My hometown. The People's Republic? :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Aug. 6, 2003, 10:05:29 PM EDT

Re: My hometown. The People's Republic? :) - (deSitter) - (4) - Aug. 6, 2003, 10:14:16 PM EDT

Re: The People's Republic. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2003, 10:26:27 PM EDT

Neat :) - (deSitter) - Aug. 6, 2003, 10:39:26 PM EDT

Douglas? When? - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Aug. 27, 2003, 05:19:42 PM EDT

Re: Douglas? When? - (deSitter) - Aug. 27, 2003, 06:17:55 PM EDT

Congratulations on your new position - (cforde) - (2) - Aug. 6, 2003, 10:03:48 PM EDT

And that's with one foot out the window... -NT - (admin) - Aug. 7, 2003, 12:13:57 AM EDT

Don't remind me... -NT - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:29:35 PM EDT

Fine as wine. - (Silverlock) - Aug. 7, 2003, 09:18:34 AM EDT

Wow, that was fast! - (static) - (6) - Aug. 7, 2003, 09:23:04 AM EDT

Perl is job security - (deSitter) - (5) - Aug. 7, 2003, 09:33:42 AM EDT

Maybe I should learn it - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:41:47 AM EDT

It sucks. - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2003, 11:48:30 AM EDT

Yabut... - (Yendor) - Aug. 7, 2003, 12:31:32 PM EDT

And are known to be good... - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 7, 2003, 03:34:58 PM EDT

My new boss just noticed that line in my resume.... - (mhuber) - Aug. 7, 2003, 11:09:14 PM EDT

Tops one! -NT - (Meerkat) - Aug. 7, 2003, 09:44:48 AM EDT

What & Where? - (broomberg) - (14) - Aug. 9, 2003, 08:56:41 PM EDT

Partial answers - (ben_tilly) - (13) - Aug. 10, 2003, 03:16:08 AM EDT

No prob - (broomberg) - Aug. 10, 2003, 10:52:09 AM EDT

Suspicion - (drewk) - (11) - Aug. 11, 2003, 01:49:45 PM EDT

Re: Suspicion - (Nightowl) - (3) - Aug. 11, 2003, 01:59:03 PM EDT

Ummm - tilt. - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 11, 2003, 06:55:06 PM EDT

Re: Ummm - tilt. - (Nightowl) - Aug. 11, 2003, 06:38:37 PM EDT

I forgot most of what I knew - (orion) - Aug. 11, 2003, 10:21:00 PM EDT

Military secrecy - (orion) - (2) - Aug. 11, 2003, 02:28:03 PM EDT

Re: Military secrecy - (Nightowl) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2003, 02:32:46 PM EDT

Re: Military secrecy - (orion) - Aug. 11, 2003, 02:46:14 PM EDT

financial and insurance industries are also quiet - (boxley) - Aug. 11, 2003, 05:48:34 PM EDT

Umm... - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Aug. 14, 2003, 02:58:35 AM EDT

I do, and will -NT - (drewk) - Aug. 14, 2003, 08:15:54 AM EDT

I remember too. -NT - (static) - Aug. 15, 2003, 08:10:45 AM EDT

Re: iwethey.employed++ - (qstephens) - Aug. 27, 2003, 02:51:32 PM EDT

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