As a sub-thread to this topic, there are languages you should NOT learn. Having worked in Ada and VHDL for about six years, I'd say that Ada is sort of like Cthulhu: The more you know Ada, the more likely you are to go insane.
> I don't think anyone has mentioned Haskell yet in this thread. One of the > major Perl 6 implementations is done in Haskell, so it could be relevant > from that angle. > > Also, I would second those who suggest Clojure as a great language to > learn. > > Rob > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Asa Martin <asa.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Hope this isn't too off-topic, but I've relocated to the Boston area >> recently and am looking for a job. I've been a Perl hacker since the >> late >> 90s and consider it my first (and still favorite) language. However, I'd >> like to update my skillset to include some other languages. I've worked >> in >> the past using some PHP and JavaScript and have a casual knowledge of >> Python >> and Ruby. I've also done a fair about of SQL. >> >> Any suggestions from this group as to what would make sense to put >> effort >> into learning next to make myself more marketable in the Boston area? >> >> Should I try and learn Java? If so, any recommendations as to >> books/tutorials? >> >> What about Ruby or Python? Would those be useful together with Perl or >> are >> they usually mutually exclusive? >> >> Anything else? >> >> I don't want to start a language war as to what language is >> "theoretically >> best", but instead wondering what languages are "practically best", >> i.e., >> most often coupled (or tripled, etc.) with Perl in this area. >> >> Of course, actual job offers are welcome too ;-) >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Asa >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Boston-pm mailing list >> Boston-pm@mail.pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm >> > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > Boston-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > -- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
