[Boston.pm] [OT?] job opportunity for OO perl programmer
Hey guys, I usually lurk, but I figure someone might be interested in this: I work at Turbine, a local video game company (Asheron's Call, AC2, working on DD Online, Lord of the Rings Online). I'm transitioning to a different team and we need to fill my current position. I have been very disappointed with the quality of responses we've been getting on this, and I figured I should shop it to you guys: http://www.careerexchange.com/cejobs/DetailTurbine.asp?turbinREENG I'm really looking for someone with strong OO perl skills to become the lead on the release engineering team. It's not all about perl, but maintaining our build system (which is OO perl) is a critical aspect of the job. You'd also be responsible for continuing to build out processes for a relatively new team (we've only recently become self-publishers) as well as supporting the various game teams, QA and working closely with IT on our SCM systems. This is a growth position, where we only expect a few years of experience out of school. However, if you're willing to live with making a little less to work in the games industry, it might be for you as well. (Our salaries are competative, but this isn't the equivalent of a high-end programming position) Turbine is a great place to work, with decent hours, compensation and a fun environment (it's no sweatshop, but there are rare times where extra hours may be required). Things can be high pressure, as we're growing and deadlines can sometimes loom quickly, but for the right person, the job is very engaging. Again, I'd like to stress that you should have strong OO perl skills (or very strong OO design/engineering skills in general and not be afraid to learn perl quickly). If you're interested, you can apply directly through the above web form or send me your resume (and code samples if you can swing it) directly (faster). andy ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
Re: [Boston.pm] why popularity matters
Not on a public list, no. You are free to ask the question, but not to expect others to constrain themselves to your arbitrary lines of response. It's not that people don't like you personally, it's just that we all feel kind of put upon to be told, don't say what you think, just let me noodle around on this list. It's exclusionary. You have as much a right to talk about certification's potential as someone else does to say it's a lose. I never excluded people. I was asking them to play a different game. And I asked those who didn't want to play, to find a different game. This is said without realizing the irony? There have been a multitude of reasonable responses to your emails, especially recently. You continue to try to play the martyr, even after people have given you good feedback and advice. I think it's time for you to either move the discussion forward with regards to the criticisms people have lodged or stop talking about it. You've gotten reasonable responses, you can no longer cry 'FUD'. andy ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
Re: [Boston.pm] GUI builders, support tools
Most long time Perl programmers will scoff at IDEs, but the lack of tools is part of the problem of Perl not being accepted by the corporate IT community. Of course it is also a catch-22. Without a critical mass of users, there isn't a financial incentive for companies to develop such tools. Whether open source plug-ins for Eclipse can bridge the gap, who knows. (Thanks to Duane Bronson for mentioning that there is a Perl plug-in for Eclipse. I had been wondering, and asked a few people, but wasn't aware that it existed.) Eclipse with the EPIC perl plugin is a real joy to write perl in. I was never one for IDEs, doing most of my coding in emacs and vi, but I would highly recommend checking Eclipse/EPIC out if you haven't already. One of the biggest issues for me with regard to IDEs was the lack of a cross-platform solution. I didn't want to have to switch my editor between home (linux) and work (win32). Eclipse is nice in that it's identical on both. Eclipse is also really, really nice for developing in java. Better than it is at perl. It also has nice revision control integration (at least with perforce, I haven't gotten the subversion integration working at home). Even if you've not been a fan of IDEs, I would encourage people to give Eclipse a week. andy ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
Re: [Boston.pm] (also) Perl
If I could write standalone programs for windows in perl, and be able to share those programs with my non-perl collegues at work without over head of them having to install perl separately, would work wonders for general acceptance of the language. I understand that I can bundled perl itself as an executable. But the WYSIWYG IDE and easy to use executables just seem to make the language more palatable for knowledgeable, non-technical users. If you're looking to target win32 specifically, Win32::GUI using the GUI Loft as a wysiwig solution can be nice. (http://www.bahnhof.se/~johanl/perl/Loft/) Distributing standalone binaries is not as easy, but it is possible using PAR, etc. They are slow to start up the first time as it explodes the archive to the cache, but afterwards are quite snappy. The GUI Loft author is also very responsive to queries and issues. andy ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
