Hey, thanks for the disappointing answer. But is the situation really "better" with e.g. Django / Python or Cake / PHP? I know there are lots *more* developers, certainly with PHP, and probably Python (although I'd like some statistics), but IME a much larger percentage of them don't understand good software design principles (point 2 in my list below). So there are more people but I don't see that the software will come out any better quality.
Hope we can start an interesting discussion here. :) Antony On 15/11/10 17:00, Shushu Inbar שושו ענבר wrote: > Hi Antony, > > I am sorry to say, but I think your management is correct. > While Perl might be the right tool for the work, there aren't enough skilled > developers to support it, and the ones you are talking about will be too > expensive for tight budgets. > I love Perl, I use it often, and I had many projects in Perl as a > freelancer. Unfortunately, nowadays, I don't find enough projects to do in > Perl, and as a recommendation I encourage young developers to get other > skills then Perl. > > Regards, > Shushu > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 16:50, Antony Gelberg<[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to get a handle on the state of Perl in Israel. I'm >> currently working on a Catalyst project, and management is pushing for a >> change of platform as it is so hard to get good developers. I'm trying >> to convince them to use what I believe is the best tool for the job, but >> with nobody to do the work it's not happening... >> >> What do I mean by good? Here's a start, although there's probably more: >> o Understands Modern Perl concepts e.g Catalyst, DBIx::Class, Moose. >> o Understands general OOP and design patterns especially MVC. >> o Is reliable. >> o Able to give most, if not all of their time to the project. >> >> Is there anyone out there who fits the bill? We're looking to hire. We >> may not have the biggest budget in the world, being a startup, but it's >> a great place to work, others can vouch for it. >> >> It feels like there are about 50 Perl devs in Israel, and about 5 of >> those fit the bill. What are the statistics? I read the archives for >> this list and there are about ten regular posters. Did I miss something? >> >> Please spread this email far and wide, if you are interested in joining >> us or have any general thoughts, please drop me an email (or to the >> mailing list as appropriate). >> >> Antony >> _______________________________________________ >> Perl mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
