On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Todd Cranston-Cuebas wrote: > programmer. However, I do recruit a lot of perl programmers! What isn't > really being discussed is that fact that new programmers often work with > whatever technology allows them to cheaply get sites up and running on the > web. Do a Yahoo search on "PHP web hosting" and you get 15.9 million links. > Do the same search for "mod_perl web hosting" and you get 374,000. Still a > lot, but you get the point. Until people can pick a cheap, reliable, and > well-known hosting service where mod_perl is one of the main options, you > limit your ability to attract new programmers. Go after the hosting > companies with a complete mod_perl "package" that will be attractive to > their clients. You might convince people if they had mod_perl as an easy > choice (??). Perhaps I'm being a bit too simplistic, but I really like to > recruit the young, talented, and eager people. I find they often use the > tools that present themselves to them at the right time in their growing > career.
Dear Todd, I'd like to work at TickerM4st3r because I am a really experiunced PERL programmer. I used mod_perl with my hosting company and wrote a great program that takes a form and mails it to me. I also wrote a wicked cool hit counte.r I bet you could use that sort of stuff over at TicketM4st3r, right? Also, I know sysadmin stuff like how to use FTP! You get my point ;) Places like TicketMaster, which are working on _real_ apps, are not hiring people whose last experience was throwing together a few scripts for their personal web page. You want people who actually know lots of stuff, and have done interesting work. While mod_perl is harder to get started with, even when using Mason or TT, the effort required to get those things running forces you to actually learn something. Learning is a good thing, and makes you a better programmer. Yes, PHP is out there a lot, but there is still plenty of _serious_ mod_perl work being done, and that's the kind of stuff I'm interested in. If people want to get started with mod_perl, I'd recommend the following steps: - Learn Perl & write some plain vanilla CGI stuff with Perl. Maybe learn to use Mason or TT or some other templating system via CGI. - Use Perl to write some non-CGI stuff, so you're not just a one area programmer. - Learn a bit about setting up Apache on your platform of choice. Set it up. - Get mod_perl installed. - Now go read about Apache::Registry and get some of your vanilla CGI to run under it. - Now read the mod_perl Cookbook, Stas & Eric's book (or the online guide), etc. Yes, there are many steps here, but each one actually gives you _useful_ knowledge. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/ -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
