Re: Where do we go to get good Perl/Catalyst/DBIC/Moose people in India?

2011-07-18 Thread Travis Basevi
In my 10+ years experience of working with an office in India, I can only back up what Shantanu says below. It's hard enough getting good perl programmers in India, let alone ones with such a specific skill set. The one truly outstanding guy my company has had in all that time (and who has sin

Re: London.pm Sichuan TianFu Buyi Thursday 1pm

2011-09-12 Thread Travis Basevi
I won't make the lunch but thank you very much for the tip. I love Szechuan and thought I knew Shepherd's Bush inside out, but obviously not. Cheers again. On 12/09/2011 09:36, Léon Brocard wrote: It's time to have another Sichuan lunch meeting. This restaurant has been mentioned on list befor

Re: Should I work in the US or the UK? - which pays best?

2011-12-13 Thread Travis Basevi
On 13/12/2011 21:01, Simon Wistow wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:25:58AM -0500, Uri Guttman said: and that is only the tip of the iceberg. there are visa issues, where to live, where to send your optional kids to school, cultural differences, moving expenses (one client of mine does help with

Re: Should I work in the US or the UK? - which pays best? (slight diversion)

2011-12-14 Thread Travis Basevi
On 14/12/2011 09:39, Kieren Diment wrote: (I've got to concur with Toby btw. Australia is a pretty good option in a lot of respects. Outside of Melbourne, Perl jobs (as opposed to jobs with some perl) are a bit thin on the ground... Not that I'm necessarily in a hurry to move back just yet, bu

Re: Programming Heresy

2012-03-31 Thread Travis Basevi
On 31/03/2012 11:44, Aaron Trevena wrote: Ummm this is london.pm. People in London don't have sheds. I have a shed, also a nice garden and a 15 min commute to the office (and 20 min drive to selection of best beaches in the country).. but then I don't actually live in London :) Congratulati

A simple and elegant job application

2013-05-15 Thread Travis Basevi
http://www.mythic-beasts.com/cgi-bin/job.pl I'm not at all related to this by the way, I just found it interesting (and satisfying). It was linked to from the Raspberry Pi blog at http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3935 if anyone is actually curious about more information. :Travis This