On Sun, 05 May 2013 12:11:11 -0500, Ignoramus16992 wrote: > According to CIO.com, Python programmers make only $83,000 per year, > while Perl programmers make $93,000 per year. > > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide10 > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide11 > > I would like to know, what explains the discrepancy.
Perl is much harder to use, so the average Perl programmer burns out after a few years and takes up a less stressful career, like going undercover in the Russian mob or the Taliban. So only the most dedicated, brilliant and extreme programmers last long enough to become a Perl expert, and consequently can demand higher pay, while any idiot can learn to program Python, as I have. Also, Perl programmers are an unprincipled, devious bunch, always looking for an opportunity to blackmail their employers into paying them extra. Python programmers are a decent, law-abiding people with a strong moral code who would never stoop to the sort of things that Perl coders are proud of doing. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list