> Perrin Harkins wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Octavian Râsnita <orasn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: > ...and in most parts of the >>> world it is hard to find competent perl programmers. >> >> ...The job >> listings for Perl are strong. They're huge compared to those for >> Ruby. Of course Java is massively more popular than either of them, >> but that doesn't make the perl market small. > > I wouldn't use the word 'most', but here in Southeast Asia it's a real > challenge to find a Perl developer with significant experience in Perl/ > modperl. Those who do use it as a minor scripting tool in their unix > administration. > Having run a Perl and Java based technology company in Singapore myself for a chunk of time in the early 2000s, I agree that there is some truth to that. We did run into that as an issue and did end up importing Perl and mod_perl talent overseas including some people who post here relatively regularly who were able to enjoy a stay in SE Asia.
However, some markets are going to be a bit different. I think what you are saying reflects also what a search of a Singaporean jobs database has in it. Whereas in USA and Europe PHP = Perl in # of jobs, even in Singapore, the number of Perl jobs is less than half of PHP and both small than Java. From jobstreet.com.sg, Perl:18, PHP:51, Java: 210 With that said, that forms a relatively small n looking at one country -- although I imagine there should be little difference in Malysia etc. At the risk of sounding American-centric, the number of jobs in America and Europe is nonetheless a good chunk of the technology development in the world so I believe the statistics are still compelling on those job sites about relative use of the technology -- Gunther
